How much does your hospital ceo make?

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Just curious, how much do the hospital CEOs and administrators make? Please provide actual figures where possible. In today's health care world it appears to me that we the nurses and first line care provider are always being asked to give and give and give. It almost appears as though we have an endless reserve. I am more than willing to pull some extra weight when asked to, but I am yet to see hospital administrators give back even ten percent of their salaries yes am saying ten percent because am sure that wont break their bank.I have heard of insistences where they have not received a bonus but not an actual wage cut. secondly is there a website that publishes salaries and annual profit margins for these institutions?

I google'd your question and got:

Hospital Administration: Salary, entry level positions, chief executive officers

Of course, as with anything on the Internet, you must decide for yourself on its veracity.

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http://www.hospitalceo.com/category/compensation/

The hospital in my area (Peterborough, Ontario Canada) the CEO made in 2008, $310,982.92. Now, they just slashed about 150 nurses and cut about 31 hospital beds because they are running in a deficit. Fairness? no way.

Fairness? Who said the free market was fair?

How many of those Nurses had anywhere near the education or talent that CEO has? Can any of them run a multimillion dollar company?

I know my local hospital has over 3,000 employees and deals in budgets of the 100s of millions of dollars, not something someone with a BSN or ADN is normally qualified to deal with.

Is it fair your housekeeper Billy makes less than you? Is it fair Suzzy CNA gets fired in favor of keeping a RN on staff?

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On any given day Nurses juggle multiple crisis's simutaneuosly. Not only are they responsible for the health and well being on there patients, but they must be a constant resource for families.

I don't be grudge Ceo's their salaries but I expect the to do their jobs. I expect to have the equipment to do my job, I don't like having to look 20 minutes for a piece of equipment crucial to the care of my patients

Proper staffing is an absolute, I do resent it when staff is cut to save money. Cutting staff when patient volumes are increasing is just wrong. It's short sighted.

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http://www.hospitalceo.com/category/compensation/

The hospital in my area (Peterborough, Ontario Canada) the CEO made in 2008, $310,982.92. Now, they just slashed about 150 nurses and cut about 31 hospital beds because they are running in a deficit. Fairness? no way.

It's interesting that hospital beds are being cut in Canada a country with Univeral Healthare. Do you feel tha patient volume is decreasing, or are beds being cut as a way of rationing healthcare?

Many patients who are ill who would benefit from admission are being turned away because the beds are not available. Unfortunatley many of these patients health will most likly get worst, some may die. But hospital admissions are expensive. Maybe in Canada they have adequate out patient resources to follow-up with very ill patients.

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On any given day Nurses juggle multiple crisis's simultaneously. Not only are they responsible for the health and well being on there patients, but they must be a constant resource for families.

I don't be grudge Ceo's their salaries but I expect the to do their jobs. I expect to have the equipment to do my job, I don't like having to look 20 minutes for a piece of equipment crucial to the care of my patients

Proper staffing is an absolute, I do resent it when staff is cut to save money. Cutting staff when patient volumes are increasing is just wrong. It's short sighted.

Nurses do much more than the public even can conceive. We earn our money but when many people find out what we make they say, "You get paid 96k a year to wipe butts and push pills!?!" There is much more to the CEOs job than what is on TV.

To be honest, staffing and equipment sounds more like an issue for your department head or administrator, not the CEO.

Might want to read up on what a CEO actually does before making accusations.

P.S. Staff is the #1 expense in any company, would you prefer the company as a whole fold under terminating everyone or cut a few. Without knowing what the companies fiscal position is, corporate action plan is, and projected income it is impossible to make the statement, "short sighted."

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I think the reason Nurses recent what Ceo's are paid is because they feel CEO's to not recognize the hard work and dedication Nurses give to their jobs.

Nurse's are the backbone of any hospital. It's important that they remain vital and strong so that the Hospital can operate at full capacity.

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I understand talent costs money, but it seems like some of these CEO's only talent is figuring out how to cut staff, wages, and equipment.

In the early 90's hospitals tried to cuts costs by getting rid of the RNs. I saw, with my own eyes, a nurse assigned to EIGHTEEN patients on night shift. Meanwhile, this hospital chain (largest for-profit in the US, you guys know who I'm talking about) was raking in record profits. A few patient deaths, bad press and multimillion lawsuits slapped them back to reality, but unfortunately a lot of innocent people got hurt in the name of shareholder profits.

When I retire next year I'm going to get a job at Whole Foods. The CEO is allowed to make only 14X the average employee's salary. Well, full disclosure -he does get stock options. But at least it's a step in the right direction.

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Nurses do much more than the public even can conceive. We earn our money but when many people find out what we make they say, "You get paid 96k a year to wipe butts and push pills!?!" There is much more to the CEOs job than what is on TV.

To be honest, staffing and equipment sounds more like an issue for your department head or administrator, not the CEO.

Might want to read up on what a CEO actually does before making accusations.

P.S. Staff is the #1 expense in any company, would you prefer the company as a whole fold under terminating everyone or cut a few. Without knowing what the companies fiscal position is, corporate action plan is, and projected income it is impossible to make the statement, "short sighted."

I said I think it's unfair to cut staff when patient volumes are increasing. I understand that if demand decreases financial resources may not be adequate to meet expenses. I don't feel however that companies should improve their bottom line at the expense on Nurses. asking nurses to do more with less is unfair. It appears CEO's are not able to do more with less or you would not be talking about layoffs just because you have less financial resources. Is it fair to ask Nurses to do more with less.

I do not live in an area where nurses are paid $96,000 a year and I do a lot more than push pills and wipe butts.

It's the trickle down theory if the Hospital Ceo has cut the equipment buget than I might not have the equipment I need to do my job. So when I ask my manager why we don't have a adequate amount of IV pumps, it usually is related to budget. The budget not there to buy more or the pumps are broken and need repair and because of cuts the support is not there the fix them in a timely manner.

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I said I think it's unfair to cut staff when patient volumes are increasing. I understand that if demand decreases financial resources may not be adequate to meet expenses. I don't feel however that companies should improve their bottom line at the expense on Nurses. asking nurses to do more with less is unfair. It appears CEO's are not able to do more with less or you would not be talking about layoffs just because you have less financial resources. Is it fair to ask Nurses to do more with less.

Is it fair? No. World is not fair.

Even if admissions remain high it does not mean income remains high. Are you sure patients are paying their medical bills like the used to? I know in my area they are not. We have seen a huge decrease in the elective procedures that tend to rake in the money and an increase in poor patients.

Patients are getting sicker because they cannot afford their meds, they are paying less because they can't afford their bills.

Again, you need to research what your CEO actually does. Usually mid level admins decide staffing and budget.

I do not live in an area where nurses are paid $96,000 a year and I do a lot more than push pills and wipe butts.

Sucks when people make ill-informed stereotypes huh?

It's the trickle down theory if the Hospital Ceo has cut the equipment budget than I might not have the equipment I need to do my job. So when I ask my manager why we don't have a adequate amount of IV pumps, it usually is related to budget. The budget not there to buy more or the pumps are broken and need repair and because of cuts the support is not there the fix them in a timely manner.

The CEO deals more with making and enforcing the mission statement of the company, dealing with outside business contracts and bringing the mid to high level management into the vision and direction of the company.

A hospital is a boat and you're complaining about not having the correct brush to scrub the barnacles on the 2nd deck in the galley. The captain (CEO) just wants the boat to go from point A to point B and accomplish the mission set forth. The CEO hires Admins/managers to make and enact budgets and staffing needs.

Granted in a round about way the CEO is responsible for everything that happens on his watch but to directly blame him for small micromanagement type stuff is absurd. He might not even have anything to do with the running of the hospital. Many hospitals have a CEO that deals with outside executive matters and a President that may deal with internal management issues and maybe even a Chief Clinical Officer to oversee everything in the hospital or even a Chief Financial Officer that may be in charge of the budget and staffing.

Unless you work in a very small hospital most likely there are many executive level administrators making the decisions that may annoy you.

Even the firing of 100 RNs is small potatoes, he might not even been notified or received a memo depending upon the size of the hospital. Like I said my local small to mid level sized hospital has over 3,000 employees. 100 RNs is not much of anything.

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Nurses do much more than the public even can conceive. We earn our money but when many people find out what we make they say, "You get paid 96k a year to wipe butts and push pills!?!" There is much more to the CEOs job than what is on TV.

To be honest, staffing and equipment sounds more like an issue for your department head or administrator, not the CEO.

Might want to read up on what a CEO actually does before making accusations.

P.S. Staff is the #1 expense in any company, would you prefer the company as a whole fold under terminating everyone or cut a few. Without knowing what the companies fiscal position is, corporate action plan is, and projected income it is impossible to make the statement, "short sighted."

Out of curiosity, what are the qualifications of a CEO that merit a million dollar salary?

True, simply looking at dollars, nursing staff is huge chunk of the budget. However, is there any singular group that has the capability to mitigate expenses by ensuring appropriate, safe care?

I'm sorry, but my admittedly casual observations have led me to conclude that many of the decisions made by upper management to nickle and dime some areas are completely ineffectual to downright dangerous and the decisions on expenditures on projects and equipments result in an epic fail. Yes, I'm perhaps being overly judgmental. However, despite their brilliant million dollar management, hospitals are still going under- and gee, sticking it to the nurses (and therefore the patients) doesn't seem to help.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Again, you need to research what your CEO actually does. Usually mid level admins decide staffing and budget.

The CEO deals more with making and enforcing the mission statement of the company, dealing with outside business contracts and bringing the mid to high level management into the vision and direction of the company.

A hospital is a boat and you're complaining about not having the correct brush to scrub the barnacles on the 2nd deck in the galley. The captain (CEO) just wants the boat to go from point A to point B and accomplish the mission set forth. The CEO hires Admins/managers to make and enact budgets and staffing needs.

Granted in a round about way the CEO is responsible for everything that happens on his watch but to directly blame him for small micromanagement type stuff is absurd.

The middle management that creates budgets does so keeping in mind that meeting or coming under budget is rewarded with bonuses and consistently going over budget means getting fired!

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Out of curiosity, what are the qualifications of a CEO that merit a million dollar salary?

True, simply looking at dollars, nursing staff is huge chunk of the budget. However, is there any singular group that has the capability to mitigate expenses by ensuring appropriate, safe care?

I'm sorry, but my admittedly casual observations have led me to conclude that many of the decisions made by upper management to nickle and dime some areas are completely ineffectual to downright dangerous and the decisions on expenditures on projects and equipments result in an epic fail. Yes, I'm perhaps being overly judgmental. However, despite their brilliant million dollar management, hospitals are still going under- and gee, sticking it to the nurses (and therefore the patients) doesn't seem to help.

Your board of directors wanted him so baddly they were willing to give me a million dollars. Your CEO obviously has rare talent and ability or otherwise your board of directors would remove him and replace him with someone more qualified. I think it obvious that your CEO was not found outside you local community college sipping a Monster Energy drink while riding his skateboard. I am sure his qualifications are posted in your facility or on their website.

I don't think anyone is arguing that Nurses are the backbone but to make blanket judgments on minor decisions when not privy to the over all structural needs of the company is silly.

Granted upper management make mistakes and so do CEOs but to place blame on one guy, the guy who most likely has nothing to do with the budget or staffing is silly. Why doesn't anyone get mad at their unit administrator or the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Clinical Officer?

Yes some hospitals are going under, that is exactly why you MUST invest in the very best talent you can buy. To be honest the VAST majority of hospitals are still hanging in there...some even growing and turning a profit.

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