Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia delivered a record $7.7 million pay package to CEOMadeline Bell in 2021, as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc in the health care industry, with deaths mounting and labor shortages putting nurses and other hospital staff under duress.
Bell’s pay was not justthe highest in the region for CEOs of 13 Philadelphia-area not-for-profit health systems that year.Both the bonus and total pay are likely the largest ever received by a local health system CEO, an Inquirer analysis of tax returnshas found.
The bulk of Bell’s total compensation was a $5.6 million bonus.
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