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47 CFO / FINANCE The healthcare job most likely to get a pay raise By Megan Knowles E mergency medical technicians and paramedics were the only healthcare positions named on a list of jobs most likely to provide a pay raise, according to a report from comparison platform and infor- mation service website finder.com. Finder.com analyzed Bureau of Labor Statis- tics data to determine the careers most likely to give pay increases, looking at median sal- aries for 2016 and 2017 and ranking the jobs with the highest wage increase from 2016 to 2017. Emergency medical technicians and para- medics saw a 26.3 percent wage increase from 2016 to 2017, from $40,508 median salary in 2016 to $51,168 in 2017, the report found. Here are the 10 jobs with the biggest pay in- crease potential, according to finder.com: 1. Veterinarians: 37.5 percent wage increase from 2016 to 2017, from $69,576 median salary in 2016 to $95,680 in 2017 2. Surveying and mapping technicians: 36.7 percent wage increase, from $42,172 to $57,668 3. Producers and directors: 28 percent wage increase, from $60,476 to $77,428 4. Financial clerks: 27.4 percent wage increase, from $36,816 to $46,904 5. Emergency medical technicians and para- medics: 26.3 percent wage increase, from $40,508 to $51,168 6. Meeting, convention and event plan- ners: 24.5 percent wage increase, from $45,084 to $56,160 7. Food processing workers, all other: 23.5 percent increase, from $28,444 to $35,152 8. Parts salespeople: 23 percent wage increase, from $33,228 to $40,872 9. Counter attendants, cafeteria, food con- cession and coffee shop workers: 22.9 per- cent wage increase, from $19,448 to $23,920 10. Logisticians: 21.6 percent wage increase, from $52,572 to $63,960 n How Cleveland Clinic was boxed out of Palm Beach By Alia Paavola D espite a desire to expand its hospital presence in Palm Beach County, Fla., Cleveland Clinic largely has been shut out, according to My Palm Beach Post. Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital, a 400-bed facility in Palm Beach County, began searching for a strategic partner in June 2017. In May, the hospital nar- rowed its potential affiliates to two finalists. Cleveland Clinic was one. On July 26, Bocca Raton Regional selected Coral Cables-based Baptist Health South Florida as a partner. The move came as a blow to Cleveland Clinic, which called Boca Raton's decision "disappointing." For the last decade, the Ohio-based provider that has a Florida campus in Weston, has been working to expand into Palm Beach and Treasure Coast. It recently opened a clinic in Wellington, Fla., its fourth medical clinic in Palm Beach. The clinic also is ironing out deals to manage or own hospitals in Martin and Indian River counties. Despite growth in those areas of the state and a hospital presence in Weston, Cleveland Clinic wants a Palm Beach County hospital. With a hospital presence in Palm Beach, the provider could steer patients from its four Palm Beach clinics to the hospital for inpatient treatments or surgeries, especially because its campus in Weston is too long of a drive for Palm Beach and Treasure Coast residents. Boca Raton's decision has boxed out the Cleveland Clinic for now, especially because the regulatory hurdles in Florida to obtain a certificate of need for construction are high, meaning the easiest way for Cleveland Clinic to open a hospital in Palm Beach is through an affiliation with an existing hospital or a purchase agreement. Boca Raton President Jerry Fedele said Cleveland Clinic's proposal was "very strong," but Baptist Health was selected because the partnership would en- able the hospital to better meet its goals. n HCA now owns 53 hospitals in Texas By Ayla Ellison N ashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare expanded its Gulf Coast Division with the addition of North Cypress Medical Center, a 139-bed hospital in Houston. North Cypress is HCA's 53rd hospital in Texas and one of many HCA hospitals in the Houston area. "We are very pleased to be expanding our care in Northwest Houston," Troy Villarreal, HCA's Gulf Coast Division president, said in a press release. "Over the coming months, we will work closely with the hospital's medical staff, em- ployees and the community to explore ways to enhance services and expand access to specialized healthcare throughout the area." HCA has expanded its presence in the Houston market in recent years by acquiring hospitals from other major for-profit hospital operators. In August 2017, the company acquired three Houston hospitals from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. That same month, HCA acquired Tomball (Texas) Regional Medical Center, which is about 40 minutes northwest of Houston, from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems. n