That figure, which represents salary, bonuses and other compensation, is about 2.6 percent higher than 2012, when he made just shy of $4.8 million.
The 10 main executives within Carolinas also continued to receive more than $1 million each.
This past September, a local report found Mr. Tarwater took at least 29 personal flights during the past four years on the health system’s patient and organ transport planes.
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