Monday, February 11, 2013

43 Health Care Top Executives Had Total Compensation of at least $10 mil each in Most Recent Year Disclosed

From a review of their most recent proxy statements filed with the SEC, 43 Top Executives of Health Care Corporations had Total Compensation of at least $10 mil each in the most recent year, which was for the year ended December 2011 for the majority of them.

These 43 Top Executives had Total Compensation Combined in the most recent year disclosed of $685.9 mil, or an average of $15,952,000 for each of them, which was 9% below the $17,625,000 like average for the Oil & Gas Companies.

My hunch is that the average pay of full-time employees of all US businesses is probably about $45,000 per year.  Thus, that above $15,952,000 Health Care top executives total compensation average is 354 times the $45,000 earned by the average US employee.  

And the underemployed working three part-time jobs, totaling 2,000 hours for the year, and getting paid just above the minimum wage make about $20,000 per year.  Thus, that above $15,952,000 top executive total compensation average is 798 times the $20,000 earned by that full-time underemployed worker.

And the many unfortunate unemployed for the full year get about $10,000 per year.  Thus, that above $15,952,000 top executive total compensation average is 1,595 times the $10,000 of unemployed compensation of the average unemployed person who can't find a job.

It is pretty clear to me that the US has a serious problem with income inequality, and where the economic gap between the very wealthy and everyone else has continued to widely expand in each year since 2001.

Giant Hospital Company HCA had no executive earning at least $10 mil in 2011.  However, HCA did have three executives who did so in 2010, with Total Compensation as follows:  Bracken $38,201,000; Johnson $21,927,000; and Hazen $15,002,000.

Below here is the Total Compensation for each of these 43 Top Executives of Health Care Companies in the most recent year disclosed:



Total
Compensation
Big Health Care
Most Recent
Company Executive Year

$000s



Abbott Labs White 24,011
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Bell 13,030
Allergan Pyott 13,977
Amgen Sharer 18,850
Amgen Hooper 12,057
Baxter Parkinson 14,065
Biogen IDEC Scangos 11,331
Boston Scientific Mahoney 11,787
Bristol Myers Squibb Andreotti 14,912
Cardinal Health Barrett 11,210
CareFusion Gallahue 25,223
CareFusion Schlotterbeck 16,028
Cividien Almeida 10,280
Community Health Systems Smith 21,584
CVS Caremark Merlo 14,075
Davita Health Care Thiry 17,542
Eli Lilly Lechleiter 16,370
Gilead Sciences Martin 15,616
Henry Schein Bergman 10,837
Herbalife Johnson 24,571
Hospira Ball 12,337
Johnson & Johnson Weldon 26,798
Laboratory Corp America King 11,059
Life Technologies Lucier 10,898
McKesson Hammergren 39,680
McKesson Julian 18,816
McKesson Campbell 11,383
Medicis Pharmaceuticals Shacknai 19,637
Mednax Medel 12,433
Medtronic Ishrak 25,026
Merck Clark 14,727
Merck Frazier 13,348
Mylan Coury 21,338
Omnicare Figueroa 10,678
Pfizer Read 25,013
Quest Diagnostics Mohapatra 12,781
Rite Aid Standley 10,978
Tenet Health Care Fetter 10,740
Universal Health Services Miller 12,500
VCA Antech Antin 12,278
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Emmens 13,359
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Leiden 10,718
Walgreens Wasson 12,041



Total all 43
685,922



Average
15,952