Healthcare CEO compensation jumped 25%, according to a Jenks Healthcare Business Report survey, an Atlanta-based newsletter. The recently released survey found:
- 70 major hospital, pharmaceutical and managed care companies averaged $1.95 million in 1996, up 25% from the preceding year.
- Besides basic salaries, five healthcare CEOs received total compensation of more than $5 million in 1996.
- Only five of the CEOs surveyed received total compensation of less than $500,000. (JHBR< 404/881-1141)