Documents reveal how Valley Children's CEO pay compares to other hospital leaders

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tax documents amusement however the wage of Valley Children's CEO compares to different determination infirmary systems crossed the Valley.

The documents uncover that galore of those infirmary leaders marque acold little than the CEO of Valley Children's successful Madera.

Todd Suntrapak is facing disapproval this week amid reports astir his pay.

Two Fresno City Council members calling for an probe into what they telephone an "astonishingly excessive" salary.

According to taxation documents obtained by Action News, Suntrapak received much than $5.1 cardinal successful compensation successful 2021.

A breakdown of his benefits shows a $1.7 cardinal basal wage with an further $3.4 cardinal successful bonuses and more.

The infirmary besides gave Suntrapak a $5-million indebtedness arsenic portion of a retention plan.

Reports accidental the indebtedness was utilized to acquisition a location successful Carmel.

Dr. Ge Bai is simply a prof astatine Johns Hopkins University successful Maryland, wherever she researches nonprofit hospitals for the Carey Business School.

She says loans arsenic portion of a compensation bundle for executives are not uncommon.

"I would decidedly accidental - I deliberation it's harmless to accidental this level of compensation is not connected the debased end," said Dr. Bai.

In an interrogation with Action News connected Thursday, Dr. Bai said the concern astatine Valley Children's deserves attention.

"I deliberation the section assemblage should aftermath up. This is simply a wake-up telephone to the section assemblage due to the fact that they person been subsidizing the hospital. Maybe galore of them don't adjacent know," explained Dr. Bai.

Action News compared Valley Children's taxation documents to those from different nonprofit hospitals astir the Valley and the authorities for the fiscal twelvemonth starting successful 2021.

That examination shows that Suntrapak's $5.1 cardinal compensation is higher.

At Community Medical Center present successful Fresno, President Craig Castro makes $2.4 cardinal successful total.

At Saint Agnes, president and CEO Nancy Hollingsworth makes astir $900,000, but she is not adjacent the highest-paid enforcement astatine the hospital.

The president and CEO of Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital makes astir $2.4 million.

With basal pay, bonuses, and different compensation, the CEO of Children's Hospital Los Angeles makes astir the aforesaid arsenic Suntrapak's basal wage of $ 1.7 million.

Valley Children's did not respond to Action News' petition for remark connected Thursday.

It's unclear however oregon wherefore Valley Children's and Suntrapak agreed connected a $5-million package.

But Dr. Bai says immoderate compensation bundle Suntrpak received would person to beryllium approved by the committee astatine Valley Children's.

"Because it's the committee who negotiates, who decides the compensation package," said Dr. Bai.

While Valley Children's did not respond Thursday, committee seat Michael Hanson did merchandise a connection connected Wednesday, writing:

"The Central Valley has built 1 of the nation's premier children's hospitals. In doing so, we person recruited and retained immoderate of America's champion executives, caregivers and squad members. As such, the prime of our attraction and the fiscal absorption of our enactment is - and continues to beryllium - champion successful class."

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