title: Trying to compensate. Latest ranking of CEO compensation finds stock options still key to pay as experts monitor for effects of SEC rule changes.
abstract: Despite past outcries from critics, stock options continue to play a starring, albeit smaller, role in compensation for CEOs at top companies, based on research by accounting professor Steven Balsam, left. Read about the 30 healthcare executives who brought home the biggest pay packages in our annual ranking of CEOs' compensation.
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galloro
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vesely
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zigmond
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006269:Health Facilities, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D007343:Insurance Carriers / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D037041:United States Government Agencies