Hospital CEOs hold on to their jobs longer in these 17 states

Keeping with a three-year trend, hospital CEO turnover remained at 18 percent in 2017, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives.

"According to our data, the past five years have been the longest period of continuously elevated CEO turnover rates above 18 percent since we began studying turnover in the early 1980s," Deborah Bowen, ACHE's president and CEO, said in a press release. Hospital CEO turnover hit a record high of 20 percent in 2013.

"Hospitals and health systems continue to evolve and reorganize to meet the demands of the new healthcare environment at the same time many CEOs are reaching retirement age, all of which may be contributing to CEO turnover," Ms. Bowen added. "More than ever, C-suite succession planning and more intentional focus on the professional development of new leaders is vital to organizational success."

Here's how all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico stacked up for hospital CEO turnover in 2017:   

ACHE ranks the following as "high turnover states":

  1. Connecticut — 38 percent CEO turnover
  2. Wyoming — 38 percent
  3. Idaho — 36 percent
  4. Puerto Rico — 35 percent
  5. New Mexico — 31 percent
  6. Wisconsin — 25 percent
  7. Washington — 25 percent
  8. Oklahoma — 25 percent
  9. South Carolina — 24 percent
  10. (tie) Alaska — 22 percent
  11. (tie) Hawaii — 22 percent
  12. Florida — 22 percent
  13. Missouri — 21 percent
  14. Alabama — 20 percent
  15. Massachusetts — 20 percent
  16. Virginia — 20 percent
  17. (tie) Delaware — 20 percent
  18. (tie) Rhode Island — 20 percent

ACHE ranks the following as "medium turnover states":

  1. Georgia — 20 percent
  2. Texas — 19 percent
  3. Illinois — 19 percent
  4. Michigan — 19 percent
  5. Ohio — 18 percent
  6. Colorado — 18 percent
  7. Pennsylvania — 17 percent
  8. Minnesota — 17 percent
  9. Iowa — 17 percent
  10. Arizona — 17 percent
  11. Kentucky — 17 percent
  12. Nebraska — 16 percent
  13. Kansas — 16 percent
  14. Tennessee — 16 percent
  15. North Dakota — 15 percent
  16. Louisiana — 15 percent
  17. Indiana — 15 percent     

ACHE ranks the following as "low turnover states":

  1. Oregon — 15 percent
  2. Mississippi — 15 percent
  3. District of Columbia — 14 percent
  4. New Jersey — 14 percent
  5. California — 14 percent
  6. North Carolina — 14 percent
  7. Nevada — 14 percent
  8. Montana — 13 percent
  9. Maine — 13 percent
  10. New York — 12 percent
  11. New Hampshire — 12 percent
  12. Maryland — 11 percent
  13. Utah — 11 percent
  14. West Virginia — 11 percent
  15. South Dakota — 9 percent
  16. Vermont — 8 percent
  17. Arkansas — 7 percent

 Rates are rounded to the nearest whole percent. 

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