Executive Compensation at UPMC (2022)

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is a tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider with more than 95,000 employees that work in 40 hospitals and more than 800 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 (UPMC), a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) 3 that employs the largest number of employees (75,000) within the system.

Of key importance is the 20 most highly compensated employees received more than $300 million in compensation from 2016-2022.

There are 41 voting members of the governing body, 8 of whom are independent although the Form 990 (for the year ending June 30, 2022) lists hundreds of board members).

In 2022, UPMC Group reported total revenue of $20.5 billion, most of which came from net patient revenue ($9 billion) and other program services ($10 billion).

Expenses totaled $20 billion (including $498 million in depreciation) with the largest expenses reported to be compensation ($7.4 billion) and medical expenses, drugs, and supplies ($9.5 billion).

75,053 employees received $7.4 billion in compensation which equates to an average compensation of $99,000.  12,178 employees received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 210 most highly compensated reported to be:

• $12,880,205:  Jeffrey A Romoff, UPM Former Pres and CEO
• $ 4,211,830:  Leslie C Davis, UPM SVP and COO HSD
• $ 3,981,291:  Diane Holder, UPM EVP, Pres UPMC Health Plan*
• $ 3,661,851:  Steven D Shapiro, UPM EVP, Chief Med and Sci Officer
• $ 3,666,248:  David Farner, UPM EVP and Chief of Staff
• $ 3,376,450:  Stanley Marks, UPC Board Chair*
• $ 3,196,500:  Matthew El-Kadi, PSV Board Member*
• $ 2,979,948 :  Victor Morell, UPP Board Member
• $ 2,812,462 :  W Thomas McGough, UPM EVP and Chief Legal Officer
• $ 2,801,611:  Abhinav Humar, Transplant Surgeon
• $ 2,496,848:  James D Luketich, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 2,478,866:  Charles Bogosta, UPM EVP and President International *
• $ 2,434,194:  Fadi Sweiss, Neurosurgeon
• $ 2,426,758:  Christopher Schmidt, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• $ 2,197,012:  Rodwan Rajjoub, Neurosurgeon
• $ 1,916,850:  Edward T Karlovich, PRY EVP and CFO 
• $ 1,797,465:  C Talbot Heppenstall Jr, UPM EVP and Treasurer
• $ 1,701,631:  Thomas Hughes, Orthopedic Surgeon
• $ 1,697,536:  Robert M Friedlander, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 1,629,350:  Philip Pollice, MER Board Member
• $ 1,590,270:  Ajaipal Kang, RHS Board Member
• $ 1,587,199:  John Innocenti, PRY President
• $ 1,582,254:  Marshall Webster, UPM SVP
• $ 1,514,470:  Anantha Shekhar, UPM Board Member
• $ 1,469,708:  Arthur Levine, UPM Former Board Member
• $ 1,437,938:  John Galley, UPP SVP and Chief HR Officer
• $ 1,388,402:  Tamra Minnier, NWH Board Member
• $ 1,366,436:  Joel B Nelson, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 1,268,255:  David T Martin, PSV Former President
• $ 1,250,625 :  John Lovelace, FYO Board Member and President*
• $ 1,223,288:  Gregory Peaslee, Former EVP and Chief Admin Officer
• $ 1,217,502:  Steven Johnson, WIL Board Member and President
• $ 1,208,581:  Derek Angus, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 1,203,803:  Timothy Robert Billiar, UPP Board Sec’y and Dept Chair
• $ 1,196,584:  Freddie H Fu, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $ 1,188,174:  Ronald DiSimone, SPS Board Member
• $ 1,147,909:  Edward McCallister, UPM Chief Information Officer
• $ 1,137,445:  Robert Ferris, UPC Board Member
• $ 1,129,512:  Jeanne Cunicelli, UPM EVP and President Enterprises
• $ 1,212,480:  Mark Sevco, EAS Former President
• $ 1,109,620:  Donald M Yealy, EMI Board Member and VP
• $ 1,106,302:  Frances Solano, Board Member and President
• $ 1,103,037:  James Schuster, FYO Board Member*
• $ 1,046,824:  David Gibbons, HMT President
• $ 1,046,101:  John C Stilley, UPM SVP and Treasurer and CIO
• $ 1,027,235:  Gordon Gebbens, FYO Board Member and Treasurer 
• $ 1,023,410:  Sandra McAnallen:  SMH Board Member*
• $ 1,014,849:  William Donaldson, UPP Board Member and Interim Dept Chair
• $   996,558:  Daniel Kelly Agnew, Board Member
• $   963,992:  J Peter Rubin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   956,816:  Robert DeMichiel, UPM Former EVP and CFO
• $   947,617:  Jonas Johnson, UPP Board Member and Treasurer
• $   944,439:  Aman Mahajan, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   932,616:  Sheryl Kashuba, FYO Board Member, Secretary and CLO HPL*
• $   914,896:   Jan E Fisher, ALT President
• $   900,668:  Deborah S Brodine, CPS Board Member and President
• $   879,323:  Joon Sup Lee, UPP Former Board Member and Dept Chair*
• $   870,559:  Jose Sahel, UPP Board and Dept Chair
• $   860,321:  Samir Saba, UPP Board Member
• $   848,407:  David Lopatofsky, ULH Board Member
• $   845,882:  Sandy Rader, MCK Former Board Member (was Former since 2019)
• $   839,597:  Eileen Simmons, PRY Chief Financial Officer
• $   836,560:  Elliott Bilofsky, BDF Board Member*
• $   835,769:  Louis Alarcon, UPP Former Board Member
• $   825,673:  Patrick Gallagher, UPM Board Member*
• $  809,249:  Suketu Mansuria, Board Member
• $   806,924:  Richard Wadas, EMI Board Member and President
• $   795,748:  Stephen Nimmo, Former Officer (since 2019)
• $   794,429:  Scott Lammie, FYO  Former CFO*
• $   788,533:  David A Lewis, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   782,213:  David Lopatofsky, ULH Board Member
• $   772,517:  Susan Hoolahan, PSV President
• $   764,994:  John Comerci, MAG Board Member
• $   760,127:  Elizabeth Wild, UPC Board Member and President
• $   755,728:  Jules Sumkin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   755,627:  Richard Beigi, MAG Board Member and President
• $   750,957:  Stephen Perkins, FYO Former Board Member* (former since 2019)
• $   741,597:  Louis Baverso, LOC Board Member
• $   739,814:  Holly Lorenz, HHC Board Member
• $   730,840:  James Pingpank, PRY Board Member
• $   703,593:  Sergio Giancola, NWH Former Board Member
• $   702,957:  Mattthew Hurford, CCB President
• $   698,237:  David Russell, ALT Board Member
• $   691,541:  Elizabeth Piccione, UPP Board Member
• $   684,964:  Ann Evans, UPP Former CFO
• $   668,174:  Philip M Cacchione, EPN Board Chair and President
• $   647,490:  William Barrington, PRY Former Board Member
• $   636,964:  Joseph Losee, Former Board Member
• $   622,280:  Zachary Ritter, DMP SHF Board Member
• $   621,365:  David Kruszewski, SHB Board Chair
• $   620,731:  Scott Gunn, UPP Board Member
• $   615,318:  Michael Ward, NWH Board Member
• $   613,323:  George K Michalapoulos, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   607,840:  Robert Geiger, EPN Board Member
• $   595,836:   John Ward, MER Board Member
• $   597,922:  Gerald Murray, ALT Former President
• $   585,608:  Joel S Greenberger, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   584,599:  Robert Blosat, Board Chair and President
• $   565,457:  Trent Emerick, UPP Former Board Member
• $   554,447:  Brian Durniok, NWH Board Member and President
• $   553,868:  David Burwell, ALF Board Member
• $   548,116:  Robert P Edwards, MAG Board Member
• $   540,642:  Bharat Adroja, ULH Board Member
• $   540,017:  Jill Burns, WEL Board Member
• $   533,103:  Susan Branton, WIL Board Member
• $   525,500:  Kotayya Kondaveeti, EAS Board Member
• $   524,858:  Matthew Newlin, ALT Board Member *
• $   523,765:  Louis D Falo, Jr, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   521,202:  Christopher Stockhausen, CMK Former Treasurer and CFO
• $   520,535:  Linda Barnhart, NWH Former Board Member
• $   518,704:  Terence Dermody, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   518,945:  Kenneth Nash, Board Member
• $   512,385:  Stephen Emery, MAG Former Board Member
• $   511,893:  Michael Schlechter, Former ALT Board Member*
• $   511,700:  Mark Gladwin, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   502,707:  Kevin Kist, WIL Board Member
• $   502,014:  AJ Pinevich, MER Board Secretary
• $   499,446:  Tracey Beiriger, OVI Board Treasurer and Secretary
• $   494,974:  John McKeating, MER Former Board Member
• $   491,757:  Randall Boggess, NWH Board Member
• $   486,629:  Mark O’Hern, EAS President
• $   484,124:  James W Boyle, PSV Board Member
• $   482,439:  David Patton, SMH President
• $   478,812:  Tulio Estrada, HRZ Board Member
• $   475,864:  Darius Abadi, SPS Board Member
• $   472,078:  Hyagriv Simhan, UPP Former Board Member
• $   469,884:  James New, PRY Board Member
• $   462,894;  Sheilah Heckla, UTS Board Member
• $   455,254:  Mbembo Bongutu, RHS Board Member
• $   448,046:  Joseph Talarico, Former Board Member
• $   438,497:  Kimberly Zynn, SUS Board Member
• $   437,396:  Andrea Badway, BHM Board Member
• $   429,086:  Diane Hupp, Secretary and VP of Operations
• $   425,534:  Lawson Bernstein, EAS Board Member 
• $   423,040:  Donald Beckstead, HNV Board Member
• $   422,240:  Marek A Radomski, DOUPP Board Member
• $   420,375:  Brendan Harris, HMT Board Member*
• $   416,208:  Francis Foti, KAN Board Member
• $   413,036:  Bryant Wesley, CRP Secretary
• $  408,730:  Gwendolyn Sowa, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $   404,627:  Daniel Glunk, ULH Board Member
• $   392,917:  Lynn Rupp, RHS President
• $  389,613:  Caroline Daniels, CAC Secretary
• $   385,624:  Nathan Moore, RHS Board Member
• $   385,017:  Alexander Nesbitt, SPS Board Member
• $   383,154:  Daniel R Sullivan, PSV Board Vice Chair and Secretary
• $   381,613:  James Giammarco, CCB CFO
• $  378,291:  Robert Jackson, HRZ President
• $   377,508:  Donna Ottoviani, CMI Board Member Sec’y and COO
• $   376,711:  Rickquel Tripp,, UPP Board Member
• $   373,784:  Mark Bondi, THS President*
• $   372,596:  Jerome Shaffer, Board Member, Treasurer, and CFO
• $   370,490:  Charissa Pacella, PRY Former Board Member (was former since 2018)
• $   368,731:  Michael Boninger, HCM Board Member and President
• $   365,653:  Kenneth Plowey, MCK Former Board Member
• $   365,373:  Brian Fritz, PSV CFO
• $   363,334:  Gabriella Gosman, MAG Board Member
• $   362,600:  James Donnelly, CHS Board Member
• $   358,962:  Jared Weiner, PRY CFO
• $   357,595:  Mario Wilfong, Former ALT Treasurer and CFO
• $   349,346:  Susan Rakfai, MCK Former Board Member
• $   347,275:  Joseph Antonowicz, ALF Former Board Member
• $   345,689:  Christina Patterson, UPP Board Member
• $   344,311:  Charles Hagerty, SHB Board Vice Chair
• $   343,291:  Rutul Dalal, SHS Board Member
• $   343,617:  Susan Duchman, HNV Board Member*
• $   341,946:  David Baer, BDF Board Member
• $   339,894:  Paula Thomas, HHC President
• $  338,638:  Janet Waters, UPP Board Member
• $   337,713:  David Nace, THS Board Member
• $   330,162:  Marshall Stafford, SMH Former Board Member (was in 2020 als0)
• $  327,416:  Thomas Diacovo, MAG Former Board Member
• $  321,081:  Nanci Case, HNF President
• $  315,796:  Margaret Bell, AUE Treasurer/Secretary
• $  311,979:  Michele P Jegasothy, UPM Secretary
• $  309,452:  Dawn Wright, ULH Board Member
• $  304,026:  Mark Zacharia, MYC Board Vice Chair
• $  303,958:  Daniel Swayze, CEM Board Secretary
• $  301,033:  Patricia Jackson-Gehris, ULH Board Member
• $  298,240:  David Bobrzynski, MYC Board Treasurer
• $  293,080:  Amy Meister, HHW Board Member
• $  292,476:  Terrence Lewis, EMI Secretary
• $  290,266:  Adam Yates, MER Board Member
• $  284,783:  Brad Dinger, NWH CFO
• $  271,367:  Tracey Conti, Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  268,946:  Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, UPP Board Member
• $  268,683:  Susan Martin, MER Board Member
• $  264,878:  Laurene Timmons, EAS Board Secretary and CFO
• $  262,993:  Noreen Fredrick, HNA Board Member
• $  261,308:  Timothy Horsky, BDF Board Member
• $  254,062:  Robyn Beckwith, Board Member and Secretary
• $  252,167:  Donald Goodman, Board Member and VP
• $  252,087:  Alexander J Ciocca, SMH Former Board Member
• $  250,372:  David McCandless, NWH Board Member
• $  242,274:  Elizabeth Ritter, Former Board Member
• $  241,388:  Heath Skinner, UPP Board Member and Dept Chair
• $  238,023:  Alan Wells, Former Board Member
• $  236,995:  Amy Swindell, HNV Former Board Member
• $  234,081:  Jeffrey Knorr, BHO Secretary
• $  227,254:  Ronald Deems, MAG CFO
• $  226,918:  Robert Griffith, HHC CFO and Treasurer
• $  225,470:  Roger Davis, SCS Board Member*
• $  223,282:  Cecil Miller, Board Member*
• $  213,927:  Diana Woy, HNV Former Board Member
• $  211,491:  Margaret Ealy, APP Board Member, Treasurer, and CFO
• $  208,072:  Susan Thompson, HNV Board Member
• $  205,760:  Carrie Ennis, HMT Board Secretary
• $  202,659:  William Nigro, CRP Board Member, Treasurer, and CFO
• $  200,293:  Monica Klatt, APH Board Secretary, Treasurer, and CFO
• $  199,044:  James Houser, President

A “*” indicates all or a portion of compensation came from a related or affiliated organization.

The 20 most highly compensated employees received $60 million in compensation in 2022 ($2 million – $13 million each.  These 20 employees received $2 – $63 million each or a total of  $310  million from 2016-2022:

Jeffrey Romoff:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $63 million

• 2022:  $12,880,205
• 2021:  $10,387,010
• 2020:  $ 9,499,742
• 2019:  $ 8,966,061
• 2018:  $ 8,541,652
• 2017:  $ 6,118,916
• 2016:  $ 6,990,839

Abhinav Humar:  Total Compensaation 2017-2022:  $13 million

• 2022:  $2,801,611
• 2021:  $3,124,244
• 2020:  $2,175,575
• 2019:  $2,160,282
• 2018:  Not Listed
• 2017:  $1,621,541
• 2016:  Not Listed

Steven D Shapiro:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $21 million

• 2022: $ 3,661,851
• 2021:  $3,016,958
• 2020:  $3,438,302
• 2019:  $2,661,577
• 2018:  $3,157,283
• 2017:  $2,587,343
• 2016:  $2,345,692

C Talbot Heppenstall, Jr:  Total Compenation 2016-2022:  $15 million 

• 2022: $ 1,797,465
• 2021:  $1,966,894
• 2020:  $3,428,555
• 2019:  $1,626,004
• 2018:  $2,265,204
• 2017:  $1,917,064
• 2016:  $1,365,260

Diane Holder:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $23 million

• 2022: $ 3,981,291
• 2021:  $3,115,567
• 2020:  $3,351,683
• 2019:  $3,233,976
• 2018:  $3,521,014
• 2017:  $3,678,624
• 2016:  $2,389,780

David Farner:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $20 million 

• 2022: $ 3,666,248
• 2021:  $2,801,930
• 2020:  $3,325,691
• 2019:  $2,262,385
• 2018:  $3,342,535
• 2017:  $2,645,127
• 2016:  $2,098,426

Leslie C Davis:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $16 million

• 2022: $4,211,830
• 2021:  $2,371,084
• 2020:  $2,871,300
• 2019:  $1,846,341
• 2018:  $2,207,006
• 2017:  $1,800,921
• 2016:  $1,573,148

Stanley Marks:  Total Compensaton 2016-2022: $20 million 

• 2022: $3,376,450
• 2021:  $3,239,645
• 2020:  $2,837,919
• 2019:  $2,808,344
• 2018:  $2,834,788
• 2017:  $2,603,255
• 2016:  $2,475,319

W Thomas McGough:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $17 million

• 2022: $ 2,812,462
• 2021:  $2,735,474
• 2020:  $2,759,847
• 2019:  $2,168,277
• 2018:  $2,217,356
• 2017:  $1,973,395
• 2016:  $1,863,077

James D Luketich:  Total Compensation 2016-2022: $18 million 

• 2022: $2,496,848:
• 2021:  $2,484,815
• 2020:  $2,494,730
• 2019:  $2,478,287
• 2018:  $2,496,071
• 2017:  $2,436,081
• 2016:  $2,469,645

Victor Morell:  Total Compensation 2016-2022: $16 million 

• 2022: $2,979,948
• 2021:  $2,508,447
• 2020:  $2,484,988
• 2019:  $2,181,722
• 2018:  $2,141,840
• 2017:  $2,040,722
• 2016:  $1,985,801

Christopher Schmidt:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $15 million

• 2022: $ 2,426,758
• 2021:  $2,222,382
• 2020:  $2,450,474
• 2019:  $2,313,436
• 2018:  $2,055,719
• 2017:  $1,893,065
• 2016:  $1,642,742

Charles Bogosta:  Total Compensation 2016-2021:  $15 million

• 2022: $ 2,478,866
• 2021:  $2,098,951
• 2020:  $2,248,718
• 2019:  $1,651,200
• 2018:  $2,168,987
• 2017:  $1,780,647
• 2016:  $2,232,659

Robert M Friedlander:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $11 million

• 2022: $ 1,697,536
• 2021:  $1,685,500
• 2020:  $1,562,505
• 2019:  $1,390,399
• 2018:  $1,581,672
• 2017:  $1,491,886
• 2016:  $1,469,445

Philip Pollice:  Total Compensation 2018-2022:  $8 million

• 2022: $1,629,350
• 2021:  $1,647,559
• 2020:  $1,563,312
• 2019:  $1,428,934
• 2018:  $1,312,195

Edward T Karlovich:  Total Compensation 2016-2022:  $10 million

• 2022:  $1,916,850
• 2021:  $1,591,312
• 2020:  $1,348,027
• 2019:  $  979,425
• 2018:  $1,440,488
• 2017:  $1,329,959
• 2016:  $1,241,498

Matthew El-Kadi:  Total Compensation 2022: $3 million

• 2022: $ 3,196,500

Rodwan Rajjoub:  Total Compensation 2022:  $2 million

• 2022:  $2,197,012

Fadi Sweiss:  Total Compensation:  2022:  $2 million

• 2022: $ 2,434,194

Thomas Hughes:  Total Compensation 2022: $2 million

• 2022: $ 1,701,631

155 of the 210 (77%) most highly compensated employees are male while 55 (26% are female).  9 of the 10 most highly compensated employees are male while 1 is a female. 19 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.

UPMC has leased one or more private jets (estimated value of $30 – $50 million or more each) for executive travel.  By leasing private jets, as opposed to purchasing them where the jets will show up on the balance sheet as fixed assets that are depreciated, UPMC can expense the monthly payments (estimated to be hundreds of thousands of dollars per month) as “travel” costs (and be able to say they don’t “own” private jets).

To read the Form 990 (2021 for the year ending June 30, 2022), click here.