A deep dive into the salaries of the executives who run the 16 coordinated care organizations shows a wide variance in their compensation in 2014, the latest filings available.
Terry Coplin, CEO of Trillium Community Health Plan, commanded the highest salary -- $492,342, a 34 percent increase from 2013 -- while Phil Greenhill, who runs Western Oregon Advanced Health, only brought home $72,000. Of course, it’s impossible to know whether any of these executives are earning additional dollars, but these are the only compensation numbers reported to the Oregon Health Authority every year.
There’s also a huge difference in the enrollment numbers at these CCOs – Trillium had 96,282 members as of Oct. 1, a slight jump of 5.7 percent from the previous year and had 10.2 percent of Oregon Health Plan members, while Western Oregon lost a few people, and currently has 21,051 members, representing 2.2 percent of overall membership.
Trillium’s parent company, Agate Resources, is also in the midst of a lawsuit and has been sold to a Fortune 500 company, Centene Corp. Agate’s shareholders are suing the state and Guard Publishing to prevent the disclosure of their names and ownership interest in the company. According to an article in the Eugene Register Guard, they contend such disclosure would “invade their personal privacy and threaten their professional reputations without serving any public interest.”
At the end of June, Trillium had $12.5 million in net income. For more financial information, click here
Coplin wasn’t the only Trillium executive earning a handsome salary. David Cole, his chief financial officer, took home $520,446 last year, while his chief medical officer, Dr. John Sattenspiel, earned $238,284.
Next in Line: AllCare
CEO Doug Flow brought home $361,425 in his role as CEO of AllCare, which has 50,684 members in Jackson and Curry counties, while Dr. Lyle Jackson, chief medical officer, earned $264,369 and Dr. John Kolsbun, medical director of physical health, $239,716.
Recently Josh Balloch joined the CCO as vice president of government affairs and health policy after spending the previous five years at PacWest as vice president of health policy. PacWest is the lobbying arm for the Coalition for a Healthy Oregon, which represents eight CCOs, including AllCare, which has assumed the public health responsibilities for Josephine County.
At last count, AllCare had 50,684 members, a slight 1.5 percent jump from the previous year.
Health Share Leads in Membership
The state’s largest CCO – with 240,771 members, did extremely well in the second quarter, reporting $15.5 million in net income and exceeding its reported net earnings for all of 2014 ($15.1 million). HealthShare commands 25.4 percent of all Oregon Health Plan members in the state.
CEO Janet Meyer earned $357,042 last year, a 37 percent increase from 2013, while Dr. David Labby, who recently stepped down as medical director, was paid $332,726 in 2014 (a 1 percent jump), and Daniel Dean, CIO, took home $255,722.
FamilyCare Came in Second
It’s no surprise that FamilyCare has the second largest enrollment numbers since its membership is based in the Portland tri-county area, similar to Health Share. And it appears to be growing faster than Health Share, with its enrollment numbers rising by 10.8 percent over the past year compared with Health Share’s 0.9 percent increase. Statewide, it has 13.5 percent of OHP membership.
On Oct. 1, FamilyCare had 127,860 members, yet remained at odds with the Oregon Health Authority over its 2015 rates and was unwilling to sign the amended contract, contending that would have meant writing a $55 million check to the Health Authority for overpayment of its rates this year, which is currently in mediation. LINK TO MEDIATION --https://www.thelundreport.org/content/familycare-odds-health-authority-over-rates
CEO Jeff Heatherington earned $324,902 in 2014, while Bill Murray, chief operating officer, was paid $217,078 and Patricia Peters, vice president of human resources, $145,924.
Growth at other CCOs
Just shy of 1 million people are now part of the coordinated care organizations – 948.388 at last count, up barely 3.30 percent from 2014.
Statewide, Cascade Health Alliance had the biggest growth, with 17,861 members, a 33.2 percent increase, and reported $1.6 million in net income in June.
The salaries of its executives dropped considerably after they left the organization last year. In 2013, Bill Guest, earned $154,230 while Dr. Lawrence Cohen, medical director, $178,840.
Guest is now the CEO of Willamette Valley Community Health, a position he assumed last year where he earned $101,128.
In last place for membership losses was Columbia Pacific, whose fell behind after losing nearly 1,500 members, for a 5.1 percent drop. Its membership comes from Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties and the CCO had slightly more than $1 million in net income. From its executive salary report, it also appears that it experienced a management change last year as well.
Columbia Pacific CCO lost members this year after the Reedsport community was shifted to other CCOs -- primarily Trillium -- according to Jeanie Lunsford, communications senior manager for CareOregon. "Because of the distance from the rest of the plan, it became clear over time that a geographically closer CCO could serve these members more efficiently. For that reason, in 2015, we chose to have these members integrated into other CCOs," she told The Lund Report.
For a look at all the executive compensation reports from the 16 CCOs, along with their membership numbers, click here.
Diane can be reached at [email protected].
