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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

Vermont

In Vermont, 1 of the 9 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 Vermont spent 0.81% of expenses on charity care, against 1.06% for all systems nationally. Highest reported chief executive compensation: $2,235,745, Sunil Eappen, The University of Vermont Medical Center.

16 nonprofit hospital systems have a hospital in Vermont, 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
155 The University of Vermont Medical CenterSunil Eappen $2.2M $2.5B 1.72% $41.5M 5.4%
497 Rutland HospitalJudi K Fox $820,052 $389.4M 1.35% $4.9M 16.9%
504 Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterThomas A Dee $806,849 $240.3M 0.56% $1.3M 60.6%
623 Copley HospitalJoseph Woodin $588,440 $120.0M 0.77% $893,690 65.8%
685 North Country Hospital & Health CenterThomas Frank $497,314 $114.4M 1.16% $1.3M 37.3%
707 Northwestern Medical CenterPeter Wright $467,038 $146.6M 0.47% $701,833 66.5%
723 Brattleboro Memorial HospitalChristopher Dougherty $452,245 $115.8M 0.30% $375,635 120.4%
735 Gifford Medical CenterDaniel Bennett $438,236 $86.1M 1.27% $1.0M 42.4%
746 Northeastern Vermont Regional HospShawn Tester $426,214 $137.2M 0.81% $1.1M 38.0%
778 Brattleboro RetreatSteven Cummings $385,217 $95.5M 4.32% $4.1M 9.4%
781 Springfield HospitalRobert S Adcock MBA FACHE $378,977 $72.2M 1.50% $1.1M 35.7%
937 Carlos G Otis Health Care CenterLaure Olivia Sweetnam $225,203 $39.9M 0.74% $293,294 76.8%
1028 Valley Regional HospitalMatthew Foster · files from New Hampshire $39,241 $157.1M 0.56% $819,720 4.8%

Systems not shown: 3 with an unidentifiable chief executive or charity care reported off line 7a. Each has its own page: Central Vermont Medical Center, Porter Hospital, Northeast Washington County Community Health.

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Vermont nonprofit hospitals: CEO pay vs charity care