title: Still making their ascent. Disclosure rules don't hinder CEOs from big paydays, perks, as salaries for top-level healthcare execs rose 4% for 2007.
abstract: A tight economy and stricter disclosure rules on CEO compensation don't seem to have tamped down the trend for extravagant paydays. Eleven of the 30 CEOs in Modern Healthcare's annual report on executive pay made $10 million or more. But not everything was up. "Incentive payouts, as a percentage of opportunities, have dropped from five years ago," says consultant Jim Nelson, left.
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: D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000191:economics*; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States