Hospital CEO pay rises faster than overall health care spending

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/08/16/pay-packages-rise-for-many-hospital-ceos/Sytc3sUiubyr21tPhVxp3K/story.html

BOSTON, MA - 6/24/2016: Brigham and Women's Healthcare President Elizabeth Nabel speaks at a news conference at One Brigham Circle on Friday, June 24, 2016. Hospital officials said they were reducing patient capacity and bringing in hundreds of temporary nurses in anticipation of a strike by nurses on Monday. (Timothy Tai for The Boston Globe)

Pay increases for many top Massachusetts hospital executives outpaced the growth of state health spending in 2014, according to new filings with the Internal Revenue Service.

Leading the pack was Elizabeth G. Nabel, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, who drew total compensation of $5.4 million that year, up 119 percent from her $2.5 million pay package in 2013. Most of the increase was attributed to a jump in deferred compensation in 2014, the year she vested in a retirement plan managed by Brigham and Women’s corporate parent, Partners HealthCare.

Bill Gates Calls U.S. Drug Pricing System ‘Better Than Most’

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-30/bill-gates-calls-u-s-drug-pricing-system-better-than-most?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31344233&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_IwIHqZOj5Uimtit1dADkgETVDbXoDQwj9rnv-X62TCgc0moUvyuIvvz78lEeOdY3_XlQXobqra8EKSy-AP-8omkHofA&_hsmi=31344233

Billionaire Bill Gates, whose foundation seeks to spread modern medicine through the developing world and wipe out diseases of the poor such as malaria, said he supports the U.S. drug pricing system even as politicians have intensified their criticism of high costs.

“The current system is better than most other systems one can imagine,” Gates said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. “The drug companies are turning out miracles, and we need their R&D budgets to stay strong. They need to see the opportunity.”

Nonprofits dominate list of top 10 most profitable hospitals

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/slideshow/nonprofits-dominate-list-top-10-most-profitable-hospitals?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RaaFlUQTFNemd3TVROaiIsInQiOiJ5dzJFZG93V2ZzK0tqQklsVjJnUVpFVmxuRm5jS1wvb00wZVFyYkhob3VJbmV0RnorMGt4M2FkcGhZODdYSkVPcVpROUtNVXFhWUkrd051Y3FcL2FXdDBmOU1xemdzY1pNZXZxcTdSZGZYbG1nPSJ9

Fitch: Organic volume grows at for-profit hospitals for first time since 2008

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/fitch-organic-volume-grows-profit-hospitals-first-time-2008/2016-04-21?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=959610&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRFNVlXVXlPR00zT1RoaiIsInQiOiJlXC9pcVgraUViTldUYWZQMnlDUXZ3NzVoN1ZTdlo1VU81OG1lZWhSZ3dvd0xoOG1qQ2Q2UGUweTRCZXptSFZDdmFiZzRrYm9GNzNYK3BtZXJyeEZsSTFCNUJKdGI1THFnR1kyNGJaeTBlbGc9In0%3D

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But phenomenon is not expected to last

Moody’s breaks down challenges facing healthcare organizations in 2016

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/slideshow/moodys-explores-challenges-facing-healthcare-organizations?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJZMU5UQXhNVFJsWWpSaSIsInQiOiJidFZ1RUN4NjdcLzdLK3VFQTVIeGdxSnNWZHZxdThQemM5a2RScVoxTGRtVmFYUjZkeTl0Rms1U1J0SFlDeW52WmUrWjcyODFvaFFXZkl6aUZZSFB2TGZcL3Y4a3ZrUVpwaFNOOUdjanhlNWZZPSJ9

 

Differences Between NFPs and For-Profits are Marginal

http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/differences-between-nfps-and-profits-are-marginal

Money and Scale

Is the distinction beginning to blur between for-profit and nonprofit healthcare organizations?

Why are non-profits expected to flounder in 2015?

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/why-are-non-profits-expected-to-flounder-in-2015/369872/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Healthcare%20Dive&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-03-02%20Healthcare%20Dive