More than 200 people have signed petitions with concerns about the salary of Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Pomerado Health's CEO, according to a San Diego Union-Tribune report.
Nurses and community residents raised complaints that CEO Michael Covert receives an annual salary of more than $1.1 million. Signers of the petition also complained of Palomar Pomerado's business practices, such as costly endorsements by celebrities and out-of-district clinics, calling them a "waste of public funds," according to the report.
Palomar Pomderado officials have defended Mr. Covert's salary, saying the system has to keep up with the private and nonprofit sector in hiring top hospital administrators.
Read the San Diego Union-Tribune report on Palomar Pomerado Health.
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Nurses and community residents raised complaints that CEO Michael Covert receives an annual salary of more than $1.1 million. Signers of the petition also complained of Palomar Pomerado's business practices, such as costly endorsements by celebrities and out-of-district clinics, calling them a "waste of public funds," according to the report.
Palomar Pomderado officials have defended Mr. Covert's salary, saying the system has to keep up with the private and nonprofit sector in hiring top hospital administrators.
Read the San Diego Union-Tribune report on Palomar Pomerado Health.
Read more about executive compensation:
- New York Non-Profit Healthcare Executives Earned High Salaries in 2010
- 8 Statistics on Executive Compensation at Non-Profit Hospitals