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23
Sep

40 Employees at RWJ Barnabas Health Took Home $200 Million in Compensation

40 employees of RWJ Barnabas Health (one of the largest integrated health care providers in New Jersey with 42 tax-exempt non-profit organizations, 36 organizations taxed as partnerships, and 18 organizations taxed as a corporation or trust.  Formed in 2016 when the Saint Barnabas Health Network merged with the Robert Wood Johnson Health Network, RJW Barnabas Health with its 43,000 employees at 15 hospitals and 700 patient care locations serves about 5 million people throughout New Jersey with a concentration in the central and northern part of the state) took home $200 million in compensation between 2019-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2019-2022 but not in 2023 are not included – i.e. Barry Ostrowsky who received $38 million in compensation from 2019-2022): Read more »

21
Sep

Executive Compensation at RJW Barnabas Health (2023)

RJW Barnabas Health (RJW Barnabas) is one of the largest integrated health care providers in New Jersey with 42 tax-exempt non-profit organizations, 36 organizations taxed as partnerships, and 18 organizations taxed as a corporation or trust.  Formed in 2016 when the Saint Barnabas Health Network merged with the Robert Wood Johnson Health Network, RJW Barnabas with its 43,000 employees at 15 hospitals and 700 patient care locations serves about 5 million people throughout New Jersey with a concentration in the central and northern part of the state.   Read more »

19
Sep

38 Employees of Hackensack Meridian Health Take Home $236 Million in Compensation

38 of the most highly compensated employees of Hackensack Meridian Health ( a tax-exempt, non-profit integrated healthcare network with 18 hospitals and more than 500 patient care locations in New Jersey.  With more than 40,000 employees, HMH is the largest healthcare provider in the Garden State) received $200 million in compensation from ,2018-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2018-2022 but not in 2023 are not included – including John Lloyd, a former CEO who received $16 million from 2018-2020) received $236 million in compensation from 2018-2023: Read more »

17
Sep

Executive Compensation at Hackensack Meridian Health (2023)

Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a tax-exempt, non-profit integrated healthcare network with 18 hospitals and more than 500 patient care locations in New Jersey.  With more than 40,000 employees, HMH is the largest healthcare provider in the Garden State.

Key financial information is summarized as follows: Read more »

15
Sep

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

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): Read more »

13
Sep

Executive Compensation at Bon Secours Mercy Health (2023)

Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) became one of the largest Catholic healthcare providers serving communities in Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida when merged with Mercy Health in September, 2018.

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.

This post is limited to the executive compensation reported by BSMH. Read more »

11
Sep

23 Employees of Banner Health Take Home $260 Million in Compensation

23 employees of Banner Health (a tax-exempt non-profit healthcare system that operates 33 hospitals and numerous health care clinics, nursing homes, home health care agencies, urgent care centers, and ambulatory facilities in 6 states with more than 55,000 employees, that is based in Phoenix, Arizona) received $260 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the yeas 2017-2022 but not in 2023 are not included): Read more »

9
Sep

Executive Compensation at Banner Health(2023)

Banner Health is a tax-exempt non-profit healthcare system that operates 33 hospitals and numerous health care clinics, nursing homes, home health care agencies, urgent care centers, and ambulatory facilities in 6 states with more than 55,000 employees.

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Banner Health consists of dozens of related/affiliated organizations (including taxable partnerships, trusts, and corporations) but for the purpose of this post, the executive compensation of Banner Health (a 501 (c) (3)) is reported.

Banner Health has 14 members (directors) in its governing body, 13 of whom are independent, although 16 are listed on the most recent Form 990 (2023):   12 of the 16 (75%) are male while 4 of the 16 (25%) are female. What is unusual (compared to other non-profit healthcare providers) is that the directors receive $43,500-$111,500 each in compensation, except for the President and CEO, Peter Fine, who received more than $8 million in compensation. Read more »

7
Sep

32 Employees of Dignity Health Take Home $477 Million in Compensation

30 of the most highly compensated employees at Dignity Health (Dignity Health is part of the CommonSpirit Health System.  In 2019, Dignity Health merged with Catholic Health Initiatives to become one of the largest tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare systems in the United States with more than 60,000 employees staffing 400 care centers and 41 hospitals in 22 states) received $477 million in compensation from 2019-2024 (note:  highly compensated employees in any year from 2019-2022 but not in 2023 are not included – i.e Charles Francis who received $19 million from 2019-2023 or Todd Strumwasser who received $9 million from 2019-2023 and John Amos who received $8 million from 2019-2023): Read more »

5
Sep

Executive Compensation at Dignity Health (2024)

Dignity Health is part of the CommonSpirit Health System (In 2019, Dignity Health merged with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) to become one of the largest tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare systems in the United States). With more than 60,000 employees staffing 400 care centers and 41 hospitals in 22 states, Dignity Health is based in San Francisco, CA (whereas CommonSpirit Health is based in Chicago, IL). Although Dignity Health has numerous related/affiliated non-profits, taxable corporations and trusts, this post is limited to addressing the executive compensation of Dignity Health, an affiliate of CommonSpirit Health. Read more »