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":

19. Georgia — 20 percent
20. Texas — 19 percent
21. Illinois — 19 percent
22. Michigan — 19 percent
23. Ohio — 18 percent
24. Colorado — 18 percent
25. Pennsylvania — 17 percent
26. Minnesota — 17 percent
27. Iowa — 17 percent
28. Arizona — 17 percent
29. Kentucky — 17 percent
30. Nebraska — 16 percent
31. Kansas — 16 percent
32. Tennessee — 16 percent
33. North Dakota — 15 percent
34. Louisiana — 15 percent
35. Indiana — 15 percent     

ACHE ranks the following as "low turnover states":

36. Oregon — 15 percent
37. Mississippi — 15 percent
38. District of Columbia — 14 percent
39. New Jersey — 14 percent
40. California — 14 percent
41. North Carolina — 14 percent
42. Nevada — 14 percent
43. Montana — 13 percent
44. Maine — 13 percent
45. New York — 12 percent
46. New Hampshire — 12 percent
47. Maryland — 11 percent
48. Utah — 11 percent
49. West Virginia — 11 percent
50. South Dakota — 9 percent
51. Vermont — 8 percent
52. Arkansas — 7 percent

 Rates are rounded to the nearest whole percent. 

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