Executive Compensation at Aurora Health Care

Aurora Health Care is a health care provider for 30 communities in eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois with 15 hospitals, more than 150 clinics, and 70 pharmacies.  In addition, Aurora Health care has approximately 700 clinical research projects including more than 400 clinical trials going on.

The most recent IRS Form 990 (2016) reports the organization – a 501 (c) (3) based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – reported total revenue of $4.629 billion, almost all of which came from program services. Expenses totaled $4.287 billion (including $140 million in depreciation) concentrated in three areas: compensation ($2.252 billion), payments to affiliates ($807 million), and medical supplies/equipment rental/hospital tax assessment ($752 million). Aurora Health Care had $342 million in excess revenue which contributed to the organization’s ability to increase the net assets or fund balance from $4.485 billion in the beginning of the year to $4.836 billion at year-end.

In 2016, the organization employed 29,543 employees who were compensated $2.252 billion, which equates to an average compensation of $76,500. 3,155 employees received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 87 most highly compensated employees listed below:

1. $2,170,316:  Mark Wichman, Physician Surgery Ortho
2. $2,125,525:  Melissa Macias, Physician Surgery Neurology
3. $2,084,235:  Nicholas Webber, Physician Surgery Ortho
4. $2,030,492:  Joel Wallskog, Physician Surgery Ortho
5. $1,974,154:  Amin Bardai Kassam, Physician Surgery Nuerology
6. $1,543,583:  Gerald Colman, COO (compensation from related org)
7. $1,505,508:  Gail Hanson, Treasurer – Multiple, Director (comp from related org)
8. $1,416,275:  Jeffrey Bailet, President-AMG, Director (comp from related org)
9. $1,328,448:  Eugene Monroe, President-AAH, Director-AA
10. $1,322,825:  Michael Lappin, Secretary/Asst Secretary (comp from a related org)
11. $1,212,388:  John Konkel, Chair AAH, Director AA
12. $1,204,201:  Dennis Potts, President and Director-AHCM, AHCSL (comp from related org)
13. $1,127,369:  Daniel O’Hair, Director AMG
14. $  933,063:  Thomas Puetz, Director AAH
15. $  904,751:  Nimish Vakil, Physician Gastroenterology
16. $  898,491:  Shaibal Mazumdar, Director AAH
17. $  896,131:  Patrick Falvey, EVP and Chief Integration Officer (comp from related org)
18. $  846,719:  Corey Shamah, Director AAH
19. $  802,510:  Mary Beth Kingston, Director – AHCM, AHCSL, AVNA (comp from related org
20. $  789,512:  Runc Anderson, President AUWAMG, Director (comp from related org)
21. $  788,288:  Jeff Dalen-Bard, President AMCMC, AMCO, Director (comp from related org)
22. $  738,561:  Basil Salaymeh, Director AAH, AMCG
23. $  718,901:  Amy Rislov, Director, AUWAMG (comp from related org)
24. $  688,396:  Carne Killoran, President AMCMC, AMCWC, Director (compfrom related org)
25. $  678,694: Rachelle Hart, Assistant Secretary – Various (compfrom a related org)
26. $  674,744:  Jeffrey Bahr, Director AAH
27. $ 729,127:  Venkata Thota, Chief Medical Officer – Walworth/Bu (comp from related org)
28. $  667,600:  Stephen Francaviglia, Patient Service Market President (comp from related org)
29. $  663,965:  Joseph Majewski, Director AMG
30. $  661,854:  Mane Golanowski, Hospital President – ASLMC
31. $  653,711:  John Newman, Hospital President – AMCO
32. $  647,909:  Frank LaVora, Chief Medical Officer – Milwaukee So
33. $  620,103:  Alfred Capelli, Director AMG
34. $  613,486:  Jeffrey Katt, Director AAH
35. $  601,590:  Nan Nelson, Asst Treasurer – Various, Director (comp from a related org)
36. $  597,693: Douglas McManus, Chief Medical Officer – Milwaukee No
37. $  595,358:  Mimi Kokoska, Chief Medical Officer – Hospital Spec (comp from related org)
38. $ 595,290:  David Yeager, Asst Treasurer – AMCG, AHCSL, AMCSC (comp from related org)
39. $  578,594:  Sylvia Meltzer, Chief Medical Officer – Pop Health (comp from related org)
40. $  561,679:  Sandra Ewald, Patient Service Market President (comp from related org)
41. $  552,182:  Patrick Daly, Director  AMG
42. $  546,497:  Carolyn Glocka, Hospital President – ASLSS, ASMC
43. $  541,226:  Lisa Just, Patient Service Market President (comp from related org)
44. $  538,825:  Richard Kellar, President AWAMC
45. $  535,200:  Scott Hardin, Director ACHM
46. $  525,570:  Paul Coogan, Former Director – AHCM
47. $  520,657:  Timothy Lineberry, Chief Medical Officer – GB/Mantowo (comp from related org)
48. $  517,398:  Doug Koch, Patient Service Market President (comp from related org)
49. $ 510,660:  Natasha Hernandez, Director AUWAMG
50. $  503,468:  David Graebner, President – AMCSC
51. $  497,163:  Jon Kluge, SVP Medical Group Ops (comp from related org)
52. $  480,460:  Anna Marie Windsor, Physician OB/GYN
53. $  476,979:  Robert Stuart, Chief Medical Officer – Waukesha/Je (comp from related org)
54. $  469,228:  Stuart Arnett, Assistant Treasurer AAH, AUWAMG (comp from related org)
55. $  467,246:  Hsieng Su, Director AAH
56. $  463,788:  Scott Fenske, Director AAH
57. $  456,090:  Sara Fleet, Physician Intensivist
58. $  455,135:  Peter Carlson, President APH, Director (comp from related org)
59. $  453,780:  Ray Darcey, Presiden AVNA, Director
60. $  449,629:  Brian Johnson, Physician Hospitalist
61. $  438,769:  Randall Lambrecht, SVP Research (comp from related org)
62. $  432,358:  Julia Hester-Diaz, Physician Family Medicine
63. $  430,251:  Andrew McDonagh, Chief Medical Officer – AWAMC
64. $  429,675:  Michael Bergmann, Patient Service Market President (comp from related org)
65. $  428,129:  Rajeev Jain, Director AAH
66. $  414,057:  William Ebinger, Director AAH
67. $  405,910:  Cathie Kacourek, President – AMCMC
68. $ 404,422:  Steve Huser, Asst Treasurer AMCMC, AMCO (compfrom a related org)
69. $  397,291:  Andrea Gavin, Chief Medical Officer
70. $  366,301:  Tedmond O’Reilly, Chief Medical Officer AMCG/AMCW
71. $  363,476:  Melanie Smith, Physician Family Medicine
72. $  349,688:  Jacob Bidwell, Director AUWAMG
73. $  345,870:  Richard Battiola, Director AUWAMG
74. $  341,881:  Anne Mattson, Director and Vice Chair AAH
75. $  340,211:  Anu Vjayakumar, Chief Medical Officer – ASMC/ASLSS
76. $  340,187:  Michael Malone, Director AVNA (comp from a related org)
77. $  338,377:  John Brill, Director AUWAMG
78. $ 338,157:  Raul Zambrano, Chief Medical Officer – Kenosha/Rac (comp from related org)
79. $  317,493:  Daniel Thompson, Director AAH
80. $  306,796:  Scott Kentz, Director AAH
81. $  297,512:  Wilhelm Lehmann, Director AUWAMG
82. $  288,030:  Diane Gerlach, Director AMG
83. $  277,135:  Dennis Baumgardner, Director AUWAMG
84. $  265,854:  Ellen Danto-Nocton, Director AUWAMG
85. $  262,796:  David Ulery, Director AMG
86. $  153,990:  Mary Hook, Director WAMH (comp from a related org)
87. $   56,749:  Jeffrey Stearns, Former Director AUWAMG

63 of the 87 (72%) most highly compensated employees are male while 24 (or 28%) are female. Of the 10 most highly compensated employees of Aurora Health Care (and related organizations), 8 are male while 2 are female.

The Form 990 also reports Melinda Bonilla-Puetz – the spouse of a board member – received $132,847 in wages from Aurora Advanced Healthcare.

To read the IRS Form 990 (2016), click here.