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September 15, 2025

22 Employees at Bon Secours Mercy Health Take Home $231 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

22 employees of Bon Secours Mercy Health – BSMH –  (one of the largest Catholic healthcare providers serving communities in Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida, a  tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare system that consists of nearly 1,200 non-hospital healthcare facilities including 57 tax-exempt organizations, 37 organizations taxable as a partnership, and 49 organizations taxable as a corporation or trust, BSMH reports the net patient revenue from 50 hospitals and other care facilities through BSMH, along with management fees paid to BSMH for network management) received $231 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023 are not included):

John Starcher:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $60 million

  • 2023:  $12,96,300
  • 2022:  $11,580,768
  • 2021:  $ 6,210,476
  • 2020:  $ 6,061,369
  • 2019: $15,773,699
  • 2018:  $ 3,255,988
  • 2017:  $ 5,580,929

Brian Smith:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $20 million

  • 2023:  $3,474,352
  • 2022:  $3,112,770
  • 2021:  $2,841,291
  • 2020:  $2,928,217
  • 2019:  $3,318,912
  • 2018:  $1,646,569
  • 2017:  $2,444,359

Manish Patel:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $2,861,136
  • 2022:  $2,630,864
  • 2021:  $2,584,948
  • 2020:  $1,517,159

Deborah Bloomfield:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $17 million

  • 2023:  $2,732,719
  • 2022:  $2,945,669
  • 2021:  $2,564,447
  • 2020:  $2,447,405
  • 2019:  $2,698,484
  • 2018:  $1,366,053
  • 2017:  $1,964,692

Kenechuwu Ugowe:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $2,448,864
  • 2022: $ 2,768,742:

Paul Smith:  Total Compensation 2023:  $2 million 

  • 2023:  $2,430,814

Sameh Arebi:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $2,343,496
  • 2022:  $2,331,527
  • 2021:   $1,981,305

Wael Haider: Total Compensation 2018-2023: $13 million

  • 2023:  $2,330,732
  • 2022:  $2,562,363
  • 2021:  $2,028,296
  • 2020:  $2,013,417
  • 2019:  $1,966,744
  • 2018:  $1,935,719

Michael Bezney:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $15 million

  • 2023:  $2,139,384
  • 2022:  $2,436,306
  • 2021:  $2,130,574
  • 2020:  $2,688,564
  • 2019:  $2,816,183
  • 2018:  $1,230,387
  • 2017:  $1,672,624:

Zoheir Abdelbaki: Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $13 million

  • 2023:  $2,086,890
  • 2022:  $1,938,572
  • 2021:  $1,936,835
  • 2020;  $1,818,301
  • 2019:  $1,884,812
  • 2018:  $1,531,424
  • 2017:  $1,815,374

Jason Szczuka:  Total Compensation 2021-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $2,013,231
  • 2022:  $1,710,822
  • 2021:  $1,002,661

David Cannady: Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $11 million

  • 2023:  $1,900,605
  • 2022:  $1,930,923
  • 2021:  $1,845,143
  • 2020: $1,818,068
  • 2019:  $1,651,305
  • 2018:  $1,245,415

Donald Kline:  Total Compensation 2022-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $1,835,712
  • 2022:  $1,836,880

Joseph Gage:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $10 million

  • 2023:  $1,578,112
  • 2022:  $1,756,467
  • 2021:  $1,501,237
  • 2020:  $1,519,347
  • 2019:  $1,649,435
  • 2018:  $1,553,800

Jerome Judd:  Total Compensation 2018-2023:  $7 million

  • 2023:  $1,512,650
  • 2022:  $1,244,304
  • 2021:  $1,080,548
  • 2020:  $1,120,376
  • 2019:  $1,262,418
  • 2018:  $  853,172

Staci Lucius:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $1,370,562
  • 2022:  $1,407,000
  • 2021:  $1,231,783
  • 2020:  $1,414,263

Laishy Williams-Carlson:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $5 million

  • 2023:  $1,158,556
  • 2022:  $1,324,925
  • 2021:  $1,029,858
  • 2020:  $1,422,421

Daniel Hurry:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $1,121,331
  • 2022:  $  939,997
  • 2021:  $  832,040
  • 2020:  $  835,379

Andrea Mazzoccoli:  Total Compensation 2017-2023:  $8 million

  • 2023:  $  964,788
  • 2022:  $1,125,444
  • 2021:  $1,000,718
  • 2020:  $1,190,662
  • 2019:  $1,322,564
  • 2018:  $1,273,210
  • 2017:  $1,058,176

Jason Siegert:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $4 million

  • 2023:  $  910,734
  • 2022:  $1,208,591
  • 2021:  $  953,507
  • 2020:  $  769,721

Donna Abbondandolo:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $888,533
  • 2022:  $673,820
  • 2021:  $480,694
  • 2020:  $639,692

Fr Joseph Cardone:  Total Compensation 2020-2023:  $3 million

  • 2023:  $726,592
  • 2022:  $632,575
  • 2021:  $570,436
  • 2020:  $954,084

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