Three hospital and health system CEOs had the highest overall compensation for Knoxville, Tenn.-area non-profits. Here are the compensation and organizational expense figures, which were taken from each organization’s most recent tax filings:
• Anthony Spezia, CEO of Covenant Health:
Compensation: $1.61 million
Total health system expenses: $85.36 million
Compensation as a percent of total expenses: 1.88 percent
• Joseph Landsman, president and CEO of University Health System and the University of Tennessee Medical Center:
Compensation: $1.23 million
Total health system expenses: $549.06 million
Compensation as a percent of total expenses: 0.22 percent
• Keith Goodwin, CEO of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital:
Compensation: $471,626
Total health system expenses: $142.13 million
Compensation as a percent of total expenses: 0.33 percent
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