Executive Compensation at Advocate Health Care (2024)
Advocate Health is the third largest tax-exempt non-profit in the United States, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a combined footprint across six states – Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin. Within Advocate Health there are:
- Advocate Health Care: serves Illinois
- Atrium Health: serves the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama
- Aurora Heath Care: serves Wisconsin and northern Illinois
35 Employees of Aurora Health Care Take Home $290 Million in Compensation
35 of the most highly compensated employees of Aurora Health Care ( health care provider for 30 communities in eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois with 18 hospitals, more than 150 clinics, and 70 pharmacies (note: In 2018, Aurora Health Care merged with Advocate Health Care of Illinois to form Advocate Aurora Health. And in 2022, Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health combined to create Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the U.S.)) in 2024 took home $290 million in compensation from 2017-2024 (note: highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2023 but not in 2024 are not included: Read more 
Executive Compensation at Advocate Health (2023)
Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) is a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) (3) and one of many organizations within Advocate Health (which was formed when Advocate Health Care (in Illinois) and Aurora Health (in Wisconsin) merged into one healthcare system (Advocate Aurora Health) in 2018. Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, Advocate Health (AH) operates 67 hospitals in six (6) states with more than 1,000 out patient care sites staffed by 160,000 employees. Read more 
Executive Compensation at Advocate Health (2022)
Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp is a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) (3) and one of many organizations within Advocate Aurora Health (which was formed when Advocate Health Care (in Illinois) and Aurora Health (in Wisconsin) merged into one healthcare system (Advocate Aurora Health) in 2018. Based in Downers Grove, Illinois, AAH operates 67 hospitals in six (6) states with more than 1,000 out patient care sites staffed by 150,000 employees.
It is important to note AAH consists of numerous types of organizations including non-profits and for profit organizations. This post addresses the executive compensation at AHHC – one of the largest organizations in the network.
Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp (AHHC) is governed by 12 voting members (directors), 8 of whom are independent; 8 of the 12 (67%) are male while 4 of the 12 (3%) are female. 10 of the directors receive between $8,000 – 7.6 million annually for an average of 1 hour of work per week in the organization and 55 hours a week in other related organizations.
Three key points:
- The 32 most highly compensated employees received $50 million in compensation in 2022;
- The most highly compensated employee, James Skogsbergh received more than $8 million in 2022 and $50 million in compensation fro 2017-2022; and
- The 23 most highly compensated employees received more than $230 million from 2017-2022.
