The Perk File

The Perk File

The Internal Revenue Service recently began requiring not-for-profit entities to disclose any specific perks given to their top executives as part of their compensation or to help conduct business. Here's a breakdown for the Tri-State CEOs, as well as their costs when available.

Personal Driver

Steven Safyer, M.D., Montefiore Medical Center, The Bronx, New York, N.Y. (Safyer is driven for both business and incidental purposes. He is a resident of New Rochelle, N.Y., and the home he owns is about nine miles from Montefiore).

Golf/Country/Social Club Memberships or Dues

Michael A. Dagnes, CEO, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, N.J. ($8,696)

Kurt Barwis, CEO, Bristol Hospital, Bristol Conn. ($3,661)

Kirk C. Tice, CEO, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway, Rahway, N.J. ($3,560)

Robert P. Wise, CEO, Hunterdon Medical Center, Hunterdon, N.J. (NA)

John F. Bonamo, M.D., CEO, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J. (NA)

Scott Batulis, CEO, Orange Regional Medical Center, Orange, N.J. (NA)

Anthony J. Cooper, CEO, Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, N.Y. (NA)

Frank A. Calamari, CEO, Calvary Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. (NA)

James W. Connolly, Ellis Hospital, Schnectady, N.Y. (NA)

Fred Farley, COO, Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, N.Y. (NA)

Richard Kutilek, COO, Calvary Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. (NA)

Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, N.Y. (for eligible executives)

Kaleida Health, Buffalo, N.Y. (for eligible executives)

Housing And/Or Automobile Allowance

Thomas H. Litz, CEO, Warren Hospital, Phillipsburg, N.J. ($21,945, plus an additional $7,200 for transportation)

Kenneth Davis, M.D., CEO, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, N.Y. (NA)

Lawrence E. McManus, CFO, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT (NA)

Loren Chandler, CFO, Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, N.J. ($11,845 relocation payment)

Sean B. Gallagher, CFO, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J. ($15,923 relocation payment)

Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, N.J. (executives with a flexible spending plan could opt to spend it on transportation).

First-Class Travel

Robert Kiely, CEO, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, Conn. (for him and spouse for travel over four hours. Has since departed his position).

Tax Preparation

Bruce J. Markowitz, CEO, Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, N.J. ($2,235)