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<i>Non-profit hospitals -- already on the defensive over billing and collection practices against the uninsured -- have another worry: how much the boss is paid.
Hospital systems might soon be asked to justify executive perks, both before Congress, which is considering new rules for tax-exempt organizations, and to the Internal Revenue Service, which this summer launched a review of compensation at the nation's charities, including hospitals.
Executives at the six largest non-profit, tax-exempt hospital systems all make more than $1.2 million a year, according to IRS documents and information provided by the organizations. The jobs come with generous benefits. One large system has given $5.1 million in forgivable loans to eight top executives since 1998. Another paid $1.8 million last year so two executives could live in other states and commute to work...</i> [read more at <A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2004-09-29-nonprofit-salaries_x.htm">usatoday.com</A>]
Hospital systems might soon be asked to justify executive perks, both before Congress, which is considering new rules for tax-exempt organizations, and to the Internal Revenue Service, which this summer launched a review of compensation at the nation's charities, including hospitals.
Executives at the six largest non-profit, tax-exempt hospital systems all make more than $1.2 million a year, according to IRS documents and information provided by the organizations. The jobs come with generous benefits. One large system has given $5.1 million in forgivable loans to eight top executives since 1998. Another paid $1.8 million last year so two executives could live in other states and commute to work...</i> [read more at <A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2004-09-29-nonprofit-salaries_x.htm">usatoday.com</A>]
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