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August 30, 2025

12 Employees of Corewell Health Take Home $78 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

12 highly compensated employees at Corewell Health ((a tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare system – a 501 (c) 3 – that was formed in 2022 when Beaumont Health (based in Detroit, Michigan) merged with Spectrum Health (based in Grand Rapids, Michigan) with 21 hospitals and 300 outpatient locations staffed by 65,000 employees; and a system that consists of 14 tax-exempt organizations, 7 organizations taxable as a partnership, and 32 organizations taxable as a corporation or trust)) received $78 million in compensation from 2018-2023:

Cristina Freese Decker:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $24 million

  • 2023:  $6,732,149
  • 2022:  $4,492,371
  • 2021:  $4,159,229
  • 2020:  $3,521,579
  • 2019:  $2,993,236
  • 2018:  $1,869,655

Darryl Elmouchi:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $13 million

  • 2023:  $3,903,959
  • 2022:  $2,265,770
  • 2021:  $2,053,522
  • 2020:  $1,926,447
  • 2019:  $1,718,757
  • 2018:  $1,274,606

Kongkrit Chaiyasate:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $6 million

  • 2023:  $3,234,920
  • 2022:  $2,794,121

Praveen Thadani:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $3,195,904
  • 2022:  $2,017,469
  • 2021:  $1,618,316

Matthew Cox:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $3,183,271
  • 2022:  $2,088,349

Mohammad Christi:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $3,137,331
  • 2022:  $1,707,915

Benjamin Schwartz:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $2,254,097
  • 2022:  $  961,177

Loren Hamel:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $1,890,010
  • 2022:  $1,552,955
  • 2021:  $1,977,124
  • 2020:  $1,461,739

Mohamad Alsibae:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million

  • 2023:  $1,778,130

Muhammad Azrak:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1.5 million

  • 2023:  $1,602,995

Charles Sherry:  Total Compensation 2023:  $1.5 million

  • 2023:  $1,483,975

Nancy Susick:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $1,431,039
  • 2022:  $1,863,872

Note:  Highly compensated employees in any of the years 2018-2022 but NOT in 2023 are not included in the list above.

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