Executive Compensation at UPMC (Pittsburgh)

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is a tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider with more than 90,000 employees that work in 40 hospitals and more than 700 healthcare-related clinics/offices and a 4 million member insurance services division (the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania).

The organization consists of hundreds of related/affiliated organizations (both non-profit and for-profit). This post addresses the executive compensation at UPMC Group, a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) 3 that employs the largest number of employees (65,000) within the system.

There are 40 voting members of the governing body, 6 of whom are independent although the Form 990 (for the year ending June 30, 2019) reported more than 600 board members.

In 2019, PMBC Group reported total revenue of $15 billion, most of which came from net patient revenue ($8 billion) and other program services ($6 billion). Expenses totaled $15 billion (including $400 million in depreciation) with the largest expenses reported to be compensation ($6 billion) and medical expenses, drugs, and supplies.

65,218 employees received $6 billion in compensation which equates to an average compensation of $92,000.  9,466 employees received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 190 most highly compensated reported to be:

• $8,966,061:  Jeffrey A Romoff, UPM Pres and CEO
• $3,233,976:  Diane Holder, UPM EVP, Pres UPMC Health Plan*
• $2,908,344:  Stanley Marks, UPC Board Chair*
• $2,661,577:  Steven D Shapiro, UPM EVP, Chief Med and Sci Officer
• $2,478,287:  James D Luketich, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $2,313,436:  Christopher Schmidt, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• $2,262,385:  David Farner, UPM EVP and Chief of Staff
• $2,250507:  Ajaipal Kang, RHS Board Member
• $2,181,722:  Victor Morell, UPP Board Member
• $2,168,277:  W Thomas McGough, UPM EVP and Chief Legal Officer
• $2,160,282:  Abhinav Hamar, Transplant Surgeon
• $2,123,254:  Thomas Gleason, Cardiothoracic Surgeon
• $1,846,341:  Leslie C Davis, UPM SVP and COO HSD
• $1,651,200:  Charles Bogosta, UPM EVP
• $1,643,503:  Dean Sotereanos, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• $1,637,799:  Gregory Peaslee, UPM EVP and Chief Admin Officer
• $1,626,004:  C Talbot Heppenstall Jr, UPM EVP and Treasurer
• $1,611,497:  Robert A DeMichiei, UPM VP and CFO
• $1,607,429:  John Lee, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• $1,531,456:  Arthur S Levine, UPM Board Member*
• $1,462,796:  Freddie H Fu, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $1,428,934:  Philip Pollice, MER Board Member
• $1,390,399:  Robert M Friedlander, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $1,300,417:  Scott Lammie, FYO CFO
• $1,288,381:  Marshall Webster, UPM SVP
• $1,070,172:  John Lovelace, FYO Board Member and President*
• $1,035,201:  Gerald Murray, ALT President
• $1,033,913:  Joon Sup Lee, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $1,010,171:  Sandra McAnallen:  SMH Board Member*
• $  988,569:  John Innocenti, PRY President
• $  979,425:  Edward T Karlovich, PRY CFO Academic Comm Hospital
• $  916,360:  Rajesh Sehgal, Former Board Member
• $  880,971:  Joel B Nelson, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  863,052:  Gordon Gebbens, FYO Board Member and Treasurer
• $  850,463:  Daniel Kelly Agnew, Board Member
• $  847,108:  Francis Solano, CMI Board Member and President
• $  830,705:  J Peter Rubin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  807,258:  David T Martin, PSV President
• $  791,451:  Robert Ferris, UPC Board Member
• $  781,332:  Patrick Gallagher, UPM Board Member*
• $  741,314:  Sheryl Kashuba, FYO Board Member, Secretary, and CLO
• $  737,104:  Mark Sevco, EAS President
• $  723,892:  Jonas Johnson, UPP Board Member and Treasurer
• $  713,840:  Jan E Fisher, ALT President
• $  704,792:  Derek Angus, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  695,208:  Christopher A Gessner, CHP President
• $  693,440:  Timothy Robert Billiar, UPP Board Sec’y and Dept Chair
• $  688,265:  John Comerci, MAG Board Member
• $  678,719:  David Gibbons, HMT President
• $  659,906:  Robert Blosat, Board Chair and President
• $  655,275:  William Barrington, PRY Former Board Member
• $  649,994:  Tamra Minnier, NWH Board Member
• $  643,879:  Samir Saba, UPP Board Member
• $  618,999:  Richard Wadas, EMI Board Member and President
• $  612,035:  Bryan Donohue, DAC Board Member and President
• $  611,018:  Ronald J McConnell, ALT VP
• $  605,451:  Stephen Perkins, FYO Former Board Member*
• $  604,393:  Christopher Samuel, BDF Board Member
• $  603,022:  James Schuster, FYO Board Member
• $  600,915:  Michael Grace, MER Board Member and President
• $  598,826:  Louis Alarcon, UPP Board Member and Medical Director
• $  597,500:  Sergio Giancola, NWH Board Member
• $  595,691:  Joseph Losee, UPP Board Member
• $  593,622:  Elizabeth Piccione, UPP Board Member
• $  593,234:  Stephen Nimmo, Former Officer
• $  586,981:  Mark A Nordenberg, UPM Board Member*
• $  583,794:  Tulio Estrada, HRZ Board Member
• $  581,717:  John Ward, MER Board Member
• $  578,663:  Deborah S Brodine, CPS Board Member and President
• $  569,034:  James Gavin, CCB President
• $  558,105:  Jose Sahel, UPP Board and Dept Chair
• $  554,771:  Betsy Wright, CHS President*
• $  547,887:  Ann Evans, UPP CFO
• $  545,986:  Eric Cartwright, VP
• $  528,294:  Donald M Yealy, EMI Board Member and VP
• $  522,927:  Linda Barnhart, NWH Board Member
• $  518,676:  Scott Gunn, UPP Board Member
• $  513,226:  Jules Sumkin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  509,941:  David A Lewis, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  507,889:  James W Boyle, PSV Board Member
• $  507,714:  Eileen Simmons, PRY Chief Financial Officer
• $  507,454:  Sandy Rader, MCK Former Board Member
• $  500,000:  Kotayya Kondaveeti, EAS Board Member
• $  493,746:  Philip M Cacchione, EPN Board Chair and President
• $  493,583:  David Kruszewski, SHB Board Chair
• $  492,432:  Donald Owrey, HRZ President
• $  476,197:  Trent Emerick, UPP Board Member
• $  470,006:  Randall Boggess, NWH Board Member
• $  465,090:  George K Michalapoulos, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  453,016:  Daniel R Sullivan, PSV Board Vice Chair and Secretary
• $  449,369:  John McKeating, MER Former Board Member
• $  446,543:  David Russell, ALT Board Member
• $  444,894:  Hyagriv Simhan, UPP Board Member
• $  443,013:  Stephen Emery, MAG Board Member
• $  438,956:  Joel S Greenberger, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  436,193:  Matthew Massaro, BDF Board Member
• $  433,124:  AJ Pinevich, MER Board Secretary
• $  416,038:  David Patton, SMH President
• $  409,802:  Robert Geiger, EPN Board Member
• $  407,857:  Robert P Edwards, MAG Board Member
• $  407,533:  Terence Dermody, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  407,362:  Donald Beckstead, HNV Board Member
• $  406,682:  Michael Schlechter, ALT Board Member*
• $  406,099:  Susan Hoolahan, PSV President
• $  400,868:  Stephen Danch, HMT Treasurer and CFO
• $  393,545:  Joseph Antonowicz, ALF Board Member
• $  389,011:  Francis Foti, KAN Board Member
• $  379,528:  Nicole Debolt, BDF Former Board Member
• $  379,375:  Edward Marinzel, IMI Board Member
• $  375,227:  Nathan Moore, RHS Board Member
• $  369,971:  Lawrence Wechsler, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  368,884:  Brian Durniok, NWH Board Member and President
• $  368,472:  David McCandless, NWH Board Member
• $  366,728:  Louis D Falo, Jr, UPP Board and Dept Chair
• $  360,636:  Mbembo Bongutu, RHS Board Member
• $  357,207:  David Baer, BDF Board Member
• $  356,908:  Timothy Horsky, BDF Board Member
• $  356,036:  Jose Caballe, Former Director
• $  350,182:  Mark Gladwin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  346,090:  Charissa Pacella, PRY Former Board Member
• $  344,674:  Grant Hormell, BDF Board Member
• $  342,069:  Kenneth Plowey, MCK Board Member
• $  338,964:  Alexander J Ciocca, SMH Board Member
• $  329,105:  Andrea Badway, BHM Board Member
• $  337,019:  Lou Baverso, DAC Board Member and Treasurer
• $  324,541:  Lynn Rupp, RHS President
• $  323,986:  Howard Gutstein, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  318,032:  Susan Rakfal, MCK Board Member
• $  315,227:  Marshall Stafford, SMH Former Board Member
• $  308,002:  Robert Lucas, CMI Board Member
• $  303,463:  Carey Andrew-Jaja, MAG Former Board Member
• $  303,154:  Douglas Garretson, CEM President
• $  301,989:  Richard Bondi, UPC Treasurer and CFO
• $  301,461:  Mark Bondi, THS President*
• $  300,431:  Donna Ottoviani, CMI Board Member Sec’y and COO
• $  300,055:  Jerome Shaffer, CPS Board Member, Treasurer, and CFO
• $  295,831:  Aman Mahajan, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  279,565:  Thomas Diacovo, MAG Board Member
• $  272,487:  Robert Beigi, MAG Board Member
• $  272,145:  Nanci Case, HNF President
• $  271,409:  James Donnelly, CHS Board Member
• $  269,307:  Caroline Daniels, CAC Secretary
• $  268,130:  Paula Thomas, HHC President
• $  267,978:  Margaret Bell, AUE Treasurer/Secretary
• $  266,210:  Mark O’Hern, EAS President
• $  264,007:  Robert Devlin, CMI Board Secretary
• $  260,606:  Gabriella Gosman, MAG Board Member
• $  258,822:  Amy Swindell, HNV Board Member
• $  257,214:  Charles Hagerty, SHB Board Vice Chair
• $  255,564:  Timothy Balcony, ALF President
• $  254,018:  Alan Wells, PRY Board Member
• $  251,067:  Daniel Grant, SCS Board Member*
• $  250,276:  Bryant Wesley, CRP Secretary
• $  246,042:  Nicholas Barcellona, CHP Secretary/Treasurer/CFO
• $  244,822:  Kenneth Nash, CCB Board Member
• $  243,334:  James Giammarco, CCB CFO
• $  236,627:  Mohammad Idrees, MCK Former Board Member
• $  235,357:  David Bobrzynski, MYC Board Treasurer
• $  234,461:  Brian Fritz, PSV CFO
• $  229,543:  Donald Goodman, Board Member and VP
• $  225,661:  Dawndra Jones, MYC Board Member
• $  224,386:  Terrence Lewis, EMI Secretary
• $  222,861:  Noreen Fredrick, HNA Board Member
• $  218,930:  Susan Martin, MER Board Member
• $  217,440:  Daniel Swayze, CEM Board Secretary
• $  216,011:  Christina Patterson, UPP Board Member
• $  214,403:  Mario Wilfong, ALT Treasurer and CFO
• $  212,732:  J Gary Rhodes, KAN Former President
• $  212,658:  Janet Waters, UPP Board Member
• $  210,399:  Robyn Beckwith, Board Member and Secretary
• $  209,997:  Brad Dinger, NWH CFO
• $  209,712:  Christopher Stockhausen, MCK Former Treasurer and CFO
• $  209,326:  Michele P Jegasothy, UPM Secretary
• $  203,664:  Mark Zacharia, MYC Board Vice Chair
• $  200,804:  Jared Weiner, PRY CFO
• $  198,540:  Diana Woy, HNV Former Board Member
• $  198,343:  John Kuzmishin, OVI Former Treasurer, CFO, and Sec’y
• $  198,117:  Andrew Nowalk, Former Director
• $  192,422:  Robert Griffith, HHC CFO and Treasurer
• $  192,338:  Cindy Wilson, HCM Board Member
• $  192,113:  Gwendolyn Sowa, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  189,116:  Laurene Timmons, EAS Board Secretary and CFO
• $  187,822:  Cecil Miller, CHS Secretary*
• $  180,000:  Ravi Kondaveeti, EAS Board Member
• $  176,222:  Al Boland, JHS VP, Operations
• $  174,094:  Clifton Callaway, UPP Board Member
• $  172,479:  Tamra Minton, EAS Former Board Sec’y
• $  170,034:  William A Nigro, CRP Board Member, Treasurer, CFO
• $  161,498:  Jeffrey Knorr, BHO Secretary
• $  157,495:  Russell Meyers, EMI Board Treasurer

The 190 most highly compensated employees received $128 million in compensation.

151 of the 190 (79%) most highly compensated employees are male while 39 (21% are female.  9 of the 10 most highly compensated employees are male wile 1 is a female. 18 of the 20 most highly compensated employees are male while 2 are female. 27 of the 30 most highly compensated employees are male while 3 of the 30 are female.

UPMC Group paid for first class or charter travel, travel for companions, and health or social club dues or initiation fees. In addition, UPMC Group made gross up payments and tax indemnification.  For details on these perks, please go to the Form 990, Schedule J, Part III, Supplemental Information. For supplemental information on Business Transactions with Interested Persons, see Form 990, Schedule J, Part V, Supplemental Information.