Hospital Roundup: Ventury County Health CEOs’ Salaries, Bonuses Are Revealed
The Ventura County Star reports on compensation packages of the area'a health industry executives. In other news from the region, a flood at Ventura County Medical Center caused by a pipe backup will delay the opening of a new wing of the facility.
Ventura County Star:
Health CEOs In Ventura County Paid More Than Obama
Gary Wilde gained $1.4 million in salary, bonuses, benefits and deferred compensation while leading the nonprofit Community Memorial Health System in 2015. Tax records filed in November show the health system paid annually over 12 years into a retirement fund for the 61-year-old CEO. The plan had reached more than $4.2 million by the end of 2015. Wilde says taxes have cut the number by more than half. The system Wilde leads is nearing the end of a $350 million hospital construction project funded by bonds and contributions solicited from the community. Citing similar compensation packages given to other California hospital system CEOs, Wilde noted that his compensation dipped in 2016. He did not receive a salary raise or the roughly $150,000 in bonuses recorded the previous year. (Kisken, 12/10)
Ventura County Star:
Hospital Flood Blamed On Plugged Pipe
A sewer pipe plugged by construction debris triggered a Wednesday flood that has pushed the opening date of a new wing at the Ventura County Medical Center into limbo, an official said Friday. The backed-up pipe spewed torrents of water out of two sinks in what will be the emergency department of a replacement wing being built at the county-run hospital in Ventura. Joan Araujo, deputy chief director for the Ventura County Health Care Agency, said the pipe was plugged by a 3-inch wide device that shouldn't have been there. (Kisken, 12/9)