Reviewing Internal Revenue Service records for nine local nonprofit hospital CEOs, the newspaper identified an end in 2009 to double-digit pay increases the CEOs received in 2008.
Premier Health Partners froze base pay for its top executives in 2009 but paid them bonuses, while the typical employee received a 2.5 percent raise.
Kettering Health Network froze pay for more than 100 executives in 2009 while other employees received a 2 percent pay raise.
Read the Dayton Daily News’s report on hospital CEO compensation.