{"id":40272,"date":"2025-11-09T23:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/40272\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T23:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:43:07","slug":"tmh-ceo-compensation-was-3-7-million-in-2021-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/40272\/","title":{"rendered":"TMH CEO Compensation was $3.7 Million in 2021 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A review of tax documents has discovered that Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare CEO Mark O\u2019Bryant received $3.7 million in compensation in 2021. This finding follows a TR report revealing $3.1 million in compensation for O\u2019Bryant in 2024. <\/p>\n

Over the last five years, O\u2019Bryant has received $11.6 million in compensation for an annual average of $2.3 million. This average is higher than the annual compensation of hospital CEO\u2019s at Shands in Gainesville, Tampa General Hospital and Lakeland Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n

The compensation for high level officials has become an issue during the negotiations between FSU and TMH related to the academic medical center. In May of this year, the Tallahassee Democrat published an article on the issue. In that article, it was noted that TMH officials declined to disclose O\u2019Bryant\u2019s 2025 compensation.<\/p>\n

Confusing Answers<\/p>\n

The level of compensation and the response from TMH explaining the increase in the 2024 $3.1 million compensation when compared to the 2023 $1.8 million compensation is not consistent with numbers provided in IRS tax documents.<\/p>\n

When TR reported the 2024 compensation of $3.1 million, TMH Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Stephanie Derzypolski said the compensation included \u201ca one-time payout from an enhanced retirement plan.\u201d (This enhanced retirement plan is in addition to O\u2019Bryant\u2019s 457(F) retirement plan maintained by TMH.)<\/p>\n

However, a tax document shows O\u2019Bryant received another \u201cone-time payout from an enhanced retirement plan\u201d of $2.4 million in 2021 making the total 2021 compensation $3.7 million.<\/p>\n

The IRS Form 990 labels the \u201cenhanced retirement plan\u201d monies as \u201cother reportable compensation\u201d in a category called \u201csupplemental nonqualified retirement plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IRS defines a \u201csupplemental nonqualified retirement plan\u201d as a plan that is not generally available to all employees but is available only to a certain class or classes of management or highly compensated employees. These plans are typically used to supplement an employee\u2019s qualified plan or serve as an additional compensation tool for highly compensated individuals. They are not subject to the same tax-favored treatment as qualified plans and are often used to provide specialized forms of compensation to key executives or employees instead of making them partners or part owners in a company or corporation.<\/p>\n

Compensation Comparison <\/p>\n

Over the last five years (2020-2024), O\u2019Bryant has received $11.6 million in compensation for an average annual compensation of $2.3 million. For the same period, this is higher than the average CEO compensation at Shands ($1.83 million), Tampa General Hospital ($1.98 million), and Lakeland Regional Medical Center ($1.8 million). <\/p>\n

All available compensation numbers were calculated using the same IRS From 990 reporting categories, including \u201cother reportable compensation.\u201d<\/p>\n

For comparison purposes, the 2024 annual revenue for the hospitals in the comparison were TMH \u2013 $1.0 billion, Shands $2.3 billion, Tampa General Hospital \u2013 $3.1 billion, and Lakeland Regional Medical Center $1.3 billion.<\/p>\n

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