Top Executives at CommonSpirit Health Take Home $425 Million

Commonspirit Health was created in 2019 when Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health merged to become the largest tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare system in the United States. With more than 175,000 employees staffing 2,200 care centers and 140 hospitals in 24 states, Commonspirit Health, the healthcare system, is comprised of hundreds of non-profits and for-profit corporations, partnerships, and trusts. This post only addresses the executive compensation at Commonspirit Health (CH), the non-profit 501 (c) (3) that oversees the entire CH healthcare system.

Based in Englewood, Colorado, CH has 13 members (trustees) in its governing body, 11 of whom are independent although 15 are listed on the Form 990 (due to timing differences):   8 (53%) of whom are male while 7 (47%) are female.

CH reported total revenue of $3.9 billion in 2023(compared to $3.4 billion in 2022, $3.3 billion in 2021, $2.4 billion in 2020 and $2.5 billion in 2019), most of which came from “assessments” from related/affiliated organizations who all contributed to the parent organization for overall management.

Expenses totaled $3.9 billion (including $113 million in depreciation) and consisted primarily of 5 major category expenses:

• $1,086 million or $1.1 billion: Compensation
• $806 million: Group Benefits
• $706 million: Office, Insurance, Repairs
• $651 million: Fees for Outside Services (primarily “program services” with no detail provided)
• $374 million: Interest

10,756 employees received $1.1 billion in compensation, which equates to an average compensation of $101,000. The two most highly compensated employees in 2023 were Lloyd Dean, the CEO who received $28 million (he worked for 3 days in the fiscal year) and Marvin O’Quinn the President and COO, who received $6 million in compensation.

1,719 employees received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 33 most highly compensated reported to be:

39 executives received $425 million from 2019-2023:

Lloyd Dean:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $95 million

• 2023:  $27,954,468
• 2022: $35,462,873
• 2021:  $14,647,375
• 2020:  $16,745,227

Marvin O’Quinn:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $25 million

• 2023:  $6,407,226
• 2022: $7,069,638
• 2021:  $5,416,775
• 2020:  $5,599,854

Charles P Francis:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $17 million

• 2023:  $4,145,186
• 2022: $5,694,337
• 2021:  $4,168,547
• 2020:  $3,099,301

Daniel J Morissette:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $17 million

• 2023:  $4,187,662
• 2022: $4,958,895
• 2021:  $3,744,852
• 2020:  $3,711,706

Elizabeth Shih:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $17 million

• 2023:  $4,186,979
• 2022:  $4,489,579
• 2021:  $3,643,868
• 2020:  $4,226,484

Robert Wiebe:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $14 million

• 2023:  $3,606,621
• 2022: $4,108,512
• 2021:  $3,163,843
• 2020:  $3,246,468

Suja Chandrasekaran:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $9 million

• 2023:  $3,511,054
• 2022: $3,069,170
• 2021:  $2,055,640

Ketul Patel:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $14 million

• 2023:  $3,097,504
• 2022: $ 3,596,145
• 2021:  $2,536,258
• 2020:  $2,666,863
• 2019:  $2,444,927

Darryl Robinson:  Total Compensation 2020-2022:  $14 million

• 2023:  $3,122,766
• 2022: $3,575,043
• 2021:  $4,194,176
• 2020:  $3,343,413

John Petersdorf:  Total Compensation 2023:  $3 million

• $3,026,445

Anthony Jones:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $9 million

• 2022: $3,810,469
• 2021:  $2,975,725
• 2020:  $2,474,001

Gary Kaplan:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $5 million

• 2023:  $2,770,811
• 2022: $2,402,489

Jeffrey Drop:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $8 million

• 2022: $3,535,645
• 2021:  $1,298,590
• 2020:  $1,660,666
• 2019:  $1,429,287

Lawrence Schumacher:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $13 million

• 2023:  $2,782,336
• 2022: $3,281,205
• 2021:  $2,183,071
• 2020:  $2,375,403
• 2019:  $2,310,197

Mitch Melfi:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $11 million

• 2023:  $2,707,134
• 2022: $3,120,528
• 2021:  $2,153,525
• 2020:  $1,678,524
• 2019:  $1,409,859

T Douglas Lawson:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $11 million

• 2023:  $2,462,273
• 2022: $3,040,585
• 2021:  $2,320,133
• 2020:  $1,749,573
• 2019:  $1,501,979

Kathleen Sanford:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $10 million

• 2023:  $2,267,846
• 2022: $ 2,669,226
• 2021:  $1,949,450
• 2020:  $1,493,219
• 2019:  $1,264,906

Kevin Lofton:  Total Compensation 2019-2021:  $27 million

• 2021:  $17,365,246
• 2020:  $ 5,606,564
• 2019:  $ 4,005,092

Paul Edgett, III:  Total Compensation 2019-2022:  $9 million

• 2022: $1,207,247
• 2021:  $4,472,261
• 2020:  $1,678,725
• 2019:  $1,365,398

Patricia Webb:  Total Compensation 2019-2022:  $8 million

• 2022:  $  985,086
• 2021:  $4,266,306
• 2020:  $1,735,177
• 2019:  $1,406,494

Dean Swindle:  Total Compensation 2019-2021:  $10 million

• 2021:  $3,740,278
• 2020:  $3,276,342
• 2019:  $2,598,438

Thomas McGinn:  Total Compensation 2022-2023;  $5 million

• 2023:  $2,598,509
• 2022:  $2,417,999

Thomas Kopfensteiner:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $10 million

• 2023:  $2,407,068
• 2022:  $2,650,839
• 2021:  $1,947,571
• 2020:  $1,509,458
• 2019:  $1,262,579

Fred Najjar:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $6 million

• 2023:  $2,085,359
• 2022:  $2,383,030
• 2021:  $1,434,224

Shelly Schlenker:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $4 million

• 2023:  $2,065,478
• 2022:  $2,360,823

Tammara Wilcox:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $7 million

• 2023:  $1,824,192
• 2022:  $2,159,457
• 2021:  $1,796,503
• 2020:  $1,471,374

Jessica Lombardi:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

• 2023:  $1,788,039

Daniel Delay:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1.8 million

• 2023:  $1,778,064

Frederick Meadors:  Total Compensation 2019-2023:  $8 million

• 2023:  $1,774,865
• 2022:  $1,843,201
• 2021:  $1,745,611
• 2020:  $1,563,536
• 2019:  $1,531,931

Lisa Gamshad:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $7 million

• 2023:  $1,728,687
• 2022:  $1,819,361
• 2021:  $1,591,360
• 2020:  $1,863,769

Neil Gomes:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1.7 million

• 2023:  $1,671,578

Tanja Oquendo:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $6 million

• 2023:  $1,544,952
• 2022:  $1,833,384
• 2021:  $1,129,549
• 2020:  $  960,287

Rosalyn Carpenter:  Total Compensation 2022-2023;  $3 million

• 2023:  $1,514,177
• 2022:  $1,511,597

Ann Shepard:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1.5 million

• 2023:  $1,502,270

Wright Lassiter:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1.5 million

• 2023::  $1,454,414

Michelle Cooper:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

• 2023:  $1,429,978
• 2022:  $1,833,052

Benjie Loanzan:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $6 million

• 2023:  $1,388,202
• 2022:  $1,609,739
• 2021:  $1,298,246
• 2020:  $1,525,084

Matthew Brown:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $4 million

• 2023:  $1,360,745
• 2022:  $1,601,499
• 2021:  $1,084,512

EJ Kuiper:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1.3 million

• 2023:  $1,303,984