CEO pay in your hospital

[fungez]

Gettingbsntomsn's post a few rows down started me thinking about CEO pay. It's well known that some CEOs make multimillion salaries and hospital CEOs are certainly not exempt. I found one 2006 report saying that the average hospital CEO made almost half a million a year, and the top 20 made an average of 1.4 mill/year. That's great money, and I don't begrudge them, UNLESS they are short staffing or paying their staff so little that some employees qualify for food stamps.

Anyone know how much their CEO makes? And if he or she makes a lot, is your hospital a good, safe place to work?

[Fiona59]

Oh, NURSES are overpaid? He says that with a straight face???

Yup. It would be fair to say he's one of the most hated men in the province. He always looks smug and when he arrived in my hospital for an informal "chat" with the staff was surrounded by security. No admission to the chat unless you had your ID tag.