Community Health Systems executive pay, 2017-2018

For-profit hospital chain CHS paid higher cash incentive pay to its executives in 2018 because the company hit certain financial targets. CEO Wayne Smith’s incentive pay more than quadrupled year-over-year, for example.

Wayne T. Smith
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

2017 2018
Salary $1,600,000 $1,600,000
Bonus $-- $--
Restricted stock awards $1,378,500 $961,800
Non-equity incentive plan compensation $812,000 $3,272,000
Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $1,055,772 $1,079,836
All other compensation $99,720 $111,083
Total compensation $4,945,992 $7,024,719

Tim L. Hingtgen
President and Chief Operating Officer

2017 2018
Salary $800,000 $900,000
Bonus $-- $--
Restricted stock awards $689,250 $687,000
Non-equity incentive plan compensation $312,000 $1,233,000
Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $393,318 $147,396
All other compensation $15,258 $15,846
Total compensation $2,209,826 $2,983,242

Thomas J. Aaron
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

2017 2018
Salary $675,000 $646,875
Bonus $-- $25,000
Restricted stock awards $458,000 $413,150
Non-equity incentive plan compensation $745,875 $646,875
Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $927 $--
All other compensation $22,470 $17,344
Total compensation $1,902,272 $1,749,244