title: Riding high. Hospital CEO pay has surged as bonus plans proliferate. Other managers haven't kept pace.
abstract: Healthcare, the deep thinkers say, is coming more and more to resemble other businesses. For many hospital chief executive officers, that's fine and dandy. Like other corporate chieftains, they're smiling all the way to the bank, according to Executive Compensation Survey data.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D003625:Data Collection; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000191:economics*; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000191:economics; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000191:economics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States