CEOs, CFOs and COOs saw increases in total cash compensation across different sizes and types of hospitals and health systems from 2016 to 2017, with the highest median compensation increases among COOs of independent health systems, according to a SullivanCotter report.
SullivanCotter gathered data from more than 2,000 organizations, which represented approximately 30,000 executives and managers, to report on increases in total cash compensation for executives in different sizes and types of hospitals and health systems.
Here are nine statistics on hospital and health system executive pay, listed according to the median increase in total cash compensation for each executive from 2016-17.
Independent health systems:
CEO — 4.6 percent
CFO — 4.6 percent
COO — 4.9 percent
Independent hospitals:
CEO — 3 percent
CFO — 3.2 percent
COO — 2.7 percent
System-owned hospitals:
CEO — 1.8 percent
CFO — 2 percent
COO — 2.9 percent