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Everything Is Broken

Report No. 1 · Nonprofit Hospital Executive Pay vs Charity Care · Annual Report, 2026 edition

Report No. 1 · 2026 edition · all states

New Mexico

In New Mexico, 2 of the 5 general hospital systems over $100 million with a hospital in the state reported more in chief executive compensation than they gave in charity care; nationally, 73 of 655. The median system with a hospital in New Mexico spent 0.69% of expenses on charity care, against 1.06% for all systems nationally. Highest reported chief executive compensation: $1,212,120, Lillian Montoya, St Vincent Hospital.

11 nonprofit hospital systems have a hospital in New Mexico, 1 of them filing from another state. A system with hospitals in several states is listed on each of those states' pages with its system-wide figures.

#System and CEOCEO payRevenueCharity care,
% of expenses
Charity careCEO pay as %
of charity care
342 St Vincent HospitalLillian Montoya $1.2M $809.9M 1.70% $11.6M 10.4%
556 San Juan Regional Medical CenterJason Rounds $691,254 $504.6M 0.10% $431,254 160.3%
611 Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesRishi Sikka MD $601,204 $2.9B 2.30% $64.7M 0.9%
659 Artesia General HospitalJoe Salgado $520,889 $102.5M 0.32% $266,006 195.8%
775 Taos Health SystemsJames Kiser $387,513 $112.4M 0.53% $532,162 72.8%
825 Cibola General HospitalThomas Whelan $338,888 $83.3M 0.72% $454,256 74.6%
874 Covenant Hospital HobbsRachel Slade · files from Washington $282,946 $51.2M 7.98% $5.9M 4.8%

Systems not shown: 4 with an unidentifiable chief executive or charity care reported off line 7a. Each has its own page: Otero County Hospital Association, Rehoboth Mckinley Christian Health Care Services, Clayton Health Systems, Rescue Hope International Ministries.

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New Mexico nonprofit hospitals: CEO pay vs charity care