Nuvance Health CEO salary and executive pay
Nuvance Health paid its CEO, John M Murphy MD, $5,305,723 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $1,349,707 (34.1%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $345,029,610, down 2.2% from $352,761,220 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Nuvance Health ranks 5th of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Nuvance Health has 5 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2021 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 83-4214573, Poughkeepsie, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$5,305,723
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending September 2025
$5,943,362Michael DowlingPRESIDENT/CEO OF NORTHWELL; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)
- Total revenue
- $345,029,610
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 94%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622249349301862.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 3rd of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 1.54% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The system's largest single return is filed separately by Danbury Hospital (EIN 06-0646597), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 21 people were paid more than $500,000, 17 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Michael DowlingPRESIDENT/CEO OF NORTHWELL; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25) | $5,943,362 |
| John M Murphy MD CEO NUVANCE PRESIDENT & CEO/DIRECTOR | $5,305,723 |
| Mark SolazzoNORTHWELL PRES. STRATEGIC INITIATIVES & COO; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25) | $3,816,311 |
| Michelle RobertsonCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $2,371,222 |
| Daniel DebarbaCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER; TREASURER | $2,336,530 |
Also paid on the latest return: Michele Cusack (NORTHWELL EVP & CFO & ASSISTANT TREASURER (FROM 05/25)), $1,990,193; Jean Ahn (CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $1,699,181; Laurence Kraemer (NORTHWELL EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL & CLO & ASSISTANT SECRETARY (FROM 05/25)), $1,677,461; Kathleen Gallo (FORMER NORTHWELL EVP & CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER (TO 01/24); DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)), $1,520,033; Christopher M Lehrach MD (CHIEF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVE), $1,430,227; Ramon Soto (NORTHWELL SVP & CHIEF MARKETING & COMM OFFICER; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)), $1,366,237; Kathryn D Cullinan (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $1,339,178; Brian Wyatt (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER; SECRETARY), $1,279,777; Susan Browning (WESTERN REGIONAL PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT OF VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER), $1,273,374; Dereck J Deleon (CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER), $1,246,628; Sharon Adams (EASTERN REGIONAL PRESIDENT; PRESIDENT DANBURY HOSPITAL), $1,226,423; Geoffry G Hook (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $1,048,523; Diane Kantaros (CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER), $962,530; Nicole Schulz (CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER), $791,178; Karen Darcy (VP ACCOUNTING & CORPORATE SERVICES), $665,119; and 3 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Anne Roby (CHAIR (TO 12/24); DIRECTOR), Mark Gudis (DIRECTOR; VICE CHAIR (FROM 01/25)), Steven V Lant (VICE CHAIR (TO 12/24); CHAIR (FROM 01/25)), Daniel McCarthy (DIRECTOR (T0 05/25)), Donald Jones (DIRECTOR), Elizabeth Bradley PhD (DIRECTOR (TO 04/25)), Ervin R Shames (DIRECTOR), Francoise Dunefsky (DIRECTOR), Gregory W Rakow (DIRECTOR), Howard Gold (DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)), Joseph Divestea (DIRECTOR), Margaret Crotty (DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)), Michael Feldman (DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)), Michael J Nesheiwat MD (DIRECTOR), Richard G Jabara (DIRECTOR), Robert R Dyson (DIRECTOR), S Javed Shahid MD (DIRECTOR), Salvatore Calta Jr (DIRECTOR), Thomas Dubin (DIRECTOR), Timothy Dean (DIRECTOR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | John M Murphy MD CEO NUVANCE PRESIDENT & CEO/DIRECTOR | $5,305,723 | $345,029,610 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | John M Murphy MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $3,956,016 | $352,761,220 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | JOHN M MURPHY MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $3,037,706 | $313,609,360 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | JOHN M MURPHY MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $3,066,460 | $286,456,365 | Filing |
| Sep 2021 | John M Murphy MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $30,060,915 | $195,017,437 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622249349301862.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Michael Dowling*PRESIDENT/CEO OF NORTHWELL; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25) | $0 | $5,867,706 | $75,656 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $4,647,647 | $1,158,500 | $61,559 | $37,950 | $37,706 | $5,943,362 | |||
| John M Murphy MDNUVANCE PRESIDENT & CEO/DIRECTOR | $5,258,348 | $0 | $47,375 | $1,667,301 | $3,140,334 | $450,713 | $20,700 | $26,675 | $5,305,723 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Mark Solazzo*NORTHWELL PRES. STRATEGIC INITIATIVES & COO; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25) | $0 | $3,747,876 | $68,435 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,951,467 | $744,750 | $51,659 | $37,950 | $30,485 | $3,816,311 | |||
| Michelle RobertsonCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $2,170,871 | $0 | $200,351 | $847,230 | $1,242,403 | $81,238 | $156,840 | $43,511 | $2,371,222 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Daniel DebarbaCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER; TREASURER | $2,147,602 | $0 | $188,928 | $840,166 | $1,231,547 | $75,889 | $159,180 | $29,748 | $2,336,530 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Nuvance Health's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Nuvance Health compares
Ranked 5th of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 4th, Virginia Mason Medical Center, $5,754,859
- Next in this ranking: 6th, Aspirus Health, $4,230,174
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
McLaren Health Care$13,036,599 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
University of Michigan Health-West$782,405 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Beebe Healthcare$1,541,110 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Greater Baltimore Medical Center$1,172,384 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Aspirus Health$4,230,174 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
John M Murphy MD (NUVANCE PRESIDENT & CEO/DIRECTOR) was paid $5,305,723 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $5,258,348 from Nuvance Health and $47,375 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Michael Dowling (PRESIDENT/CEO OF NORTHWELL; DIRECTOR (FROM 05/25)), at $5,943,362. That is $637,639 more than the CEO, John M Murphy MD.
Nuvance Health paid its CEO, John M Murphy MD, $5,305,723 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $1,349,707 (34.1%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2021, when the CEO was John M Murphy MD, paid $30,060,915. By fiscal year end: September 2021, $30,060,915 (John M Murphy MD); September 2022, $3,066,460; September 2023, $3,037,706; September 2024, $3,956,016; September 2025, $5,305,723.
Nuvance Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $357,394,326 and total revenue of $345,029,610 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $12,364,716. Expenses were $368,730,484 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they fell 3.1%. The CEO's pay of $5,305,723 equals 1.48% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 5 Form 990 returns Nuvance Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2021 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.