Becker's Healthcare July 25, 2024
CEO salaries at nonprofit systems increased significantly between 2012 and 2019, and it could be a factor in hospital consolidation, one study found.
The study, published July 24 in Plos One and led by researchers from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, highlighted a link between rising CEO pay and larger healthcare systems.
Researchers compared data of 1,113 nonprofit health systems and hospitals in 2012 and 868 in 2019 by using IRS 990 forms from Candid and the National Academy for State Health policy Hospital Cost Tool.
In 2012, CEOs from the organizations studied earned an average of $996,000 when adjusted for inflation,...
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