Executive Compensation at Johns Hopkins Health System

The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHSC), along with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is collectively referred to as Johns Hopkins Medicine – an integrated healthcare system that includes the medical school, six hospitals, four healthcare and surgery centers, and 39 outpatient healthcare sites. Although Johns Hopkins Medicine has numerous non-profits, the focus of this post is the executive compensation at JHHSC (a non-profit 501 (c) (3)  that serves as a support organization for the healthcare system providing management, centralized purchasing, distribution, legal, claims management and other services to support the medical service providers.

In 2016-2017, JHHSC employed 2,967 individuals who were compensated $179 million, which equates to an average compensation of $60,300.  459 employees received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 43 most highly compensated employees listed below:

• $3,002,347:  Ronald J Werthman, Former Officer
• $2,765,436:  Ronald R Peterson, President/Trustee
• $1,554,192:  Pamela D Paulk, Former Officer
• $1,308,633:  Robert Kasdin, Executive
• $1,299,425:  Joannie Pollak, SVP HIPPA and Int Audit
• $1,089,845:  Judy A Reitz, Former Officer
• $1,029,932:  Richard O Davis, Former Officer
• $1,020,446:  Daniel Shearer Jr, VP General Counsel and Corp Co
• $  996,677:  Daniel B Smith, SVP Finance*
• $  996,677:  Daniel B Smith, Former Key Employee*
• $  979,408:  Sally W MacConnell, SVP Facilities
• $  927,903:  Patricia Brown, Executive
• $  907,508:  Richard Bennett, Executive
• $  850,575:  Michael L Larson, SVP Finance and CFO
• $  795,096:  Bonnie Windsor, SVP HR
• $  778,248:  Steven Kravet, Former Key Employee
• $  751,266:  Kenneth Grant, VP Supply Chain
• $  742,664:  Jacqueline Schultz, Executive
• $  733,252:  Steven Snelgrove, Executive
• $  730,196:  Dalal J Haldeman, SVP Marketing and Communications
• $  700,593:  John M Colmers, SVP Health Care Transforma
• $  691,491:  Richard Rothstein, Executive
• $  611,324:  Martin Basso, VP Finance Community Div
• $  498,689: Mary Myers, Former Key Employee
• $  477,914:  Linda Kline, VP Health Info Tech
• $  451,016:  Peter B Mancino, Secretary
• $  450,729:  Samuel H Clark Jr, Asst Secretary
• $  442,530:  Queenie Plater, VP of HR, Community Div
• $  378,167:  Howard Reel, Former Key Employee
• $  438,809:  Edward Beranek, VP Revenue Mgmnt and Reimburse
• $  431,475:  Sandra Johnson, VP Revenue Cycle Management
• $  410,685:  Thomas Trzcinski, VP Finance and Treasurer
• $  403,774:  Mary Cooke, Executive
• $  397,192:  Amy Deutschendorf, VP Care Coor and Clin Resource
• $  383,922:  Deborah J Baker, SVP Nursing
• $  380,831:  Renee Demski, VP for Quality
• $  371,800:  Robert Neall, Former Key Employee
• $  355,948:  Keith Hill, VP Corporate Security
• $  333,688:  Annette Fries, Former Key Employee
• $  281,135:  Michael Iati, Former Key Employee
• $  261,494:  Christine Stuppy, Former Officer
• $  244,983:  Gregory Miller, Asst Treasurer
• $  157,055:  David Simpkins, VP Marketing and Commun and Capital Reg

* This employee is listed twice with different titles.

26 of the 43 (60%) most highly compensated employees are male while 17 (40%) are female. Of the 10 most highly compensated employees,  7 are male and 3 are female.

The Form 990 also reports that bonuses were grossed up for some executives. To read more detail on bonuses and retirement plans, see Schedule J, Part III, Supplemental Information on the Form 990 (link is below).

To read the IRF Form 990 (2016 for the year ending June 30, 2017) for JHHSC, click here.