Here are seven stories within the past five months about hospital executives who received compensation raises, starting with the most recent.
1. The board of directors for Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network unanimously voted to award President and CEO Robert Earley a $95,000 raise, bringing his total salary to $620,000.
2. Jim Valenti, CEO of University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, will have a base salary of $430,580 after he received a 1.5 percent merit raise.
3. Several members within the Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District in Garberville, Calif., voiced their discontent at a public meeting after the board approved a new contract with Administrator Harry Jasper, which included a raise of $78,000. Mr. Jasper will now earn $180,000 per year.
4. Larry Anderson, CEO of Tri-City Medical Center and Tri-City Healthcare District in Oceanside, Calif., will receive a $15,000 salary raise, making it his second raise in the past 13 months. Mr. Anderson's base salary will now be $515,000, up from $500,000. In Nov. 2010, the board voted to raise his pay from $480,000 to $500,000.
5. The University of California regents recently approved raises for several executives within the system, including a 23 percent raise for Vincent Johnson, COO of the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif. Mr. Johnson's salary will now stand at $553,500. Ann Madden Rice, CEO of the UC Davis Medical Center, recently received a raise of $259,000, bringing her total compensation to $960,000 per year.
6. The board of directors at Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Hospital approved salary increases averaging roughly four percent for the hospital's top nine executives. The salaries will range from $196,560 to $442,031.
1. The board of directors for Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network unanimously voted to award President and CEO Robert Earley a $95,000 raise, bringing his total salary to $620,000.
2. Jim Valenti, CEO of University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, will have a base salary of $430,580 after he received a 1.5 percent merit raise.
3. Several members within the Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District in Garberville, Calif., voiced their discontent at a public meeting after the board approved a new contract with Administrator Harry Jasper, which included a raise of $78,000. Mr. Jasper will now earn $180,000 per year.
4. Larry Anderson, CEO of Tri-City Medical Center and Tri-City Healthcare District in Oceanside, Calif., will receive a $15,000 salary raise, making it his second raise in the past 13 months. Mr. Anderson's base salary will now be $515,000, up from $500,000. In Nov. 2010, the board voted to raise his pay from $480,000 to $500,000.
5. The University of California regents recently approved raises for several executives within the system, including a 23 percent raise for Vincent Johnson, COO of the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif. Mr. Johnson's salary will now stand at $553,500. Ann Madden Rice, CEO of the UC Davis Medical Center, recently received a raise of $259,000, bringing her total compensation to $960,000 per year.
6. The board of directors at Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Hospital approved salary increases averaging roughly four percent for the hospital's top nine executives. The salaries will range from $196,560 to $442,031.
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