Boston hospitals paid CEOs well, but not as much, in ’09

Top executives at Boston's nonprofit teaching hospitals drew seven-figure pay packages in 2009, though their compensation was flat or lower in many cases than the previous year's, according to documents filed yesterday with the state attorney general's office. Several of the hospital leaders with the highest compensation in 2009 -- the most recent year for which pay figures have been reported -- have since left their organizations. At Partners HealthCare System Inc., the holding company for Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals, then-CEO James J. Mongan earned a total of $2.1 million, including salary, bonus, and other compensation. Mongan received $3.6 million in 2008, when his pay included a deferred retention payment of $927,035 and a $1.1 million incentive payment made when he agreed to extend his tenure. Mongan retired from Partners at the end of 2009 and died of cancer in May. Current Partners CEO Gary L. Gottlieb earned $1.6 million in 2009 as president of Brigham and Women's, the same amount he got in 2008. Peter L. Slavin, president of Mass. General, earned $1.4 million in 2009, also the same as the year before.