United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-06-30 monographic deposited born digital 65 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-907R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-907R P0b002ee180387427 f:d06907r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-907R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-907R GAO-06-907R Executive compensation Fringe benefits Hospitals Internal controls Nonprofit organizations Pay Payroll systems Private sector Private sector practices Surveys Correspondence A56238 As a part of Congress's continuing efforts to oversee the activities of the nonprofit sector, it asked us to review executive compensation issues at selected private, nonprofit hospital systems to gain an understanding of the policies and practices related to the salaries, benefits, travel, gifts, and entertainment expenses paid by these hospital systems. Our study's key questions were as follows: (1) What corporate governance structure do selected hospital systems report as having in place over executive compensation? (2) What is the basis for the compensation and benefits earned by, awarded to, or paid to the executives as reported by selected hospital systems? (3) What internal controls do selected hospital systems report as having in place over the approval, payment, and monitoring of executive travel and entertainment expenses, gifts, and other perquisites? On June 5, 2006, we briefed Congressional staff on the results of our work. This report transmits the briefing provided to Congressional staff, as amended to reflect some additional observations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-907R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-907R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-907R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-907R.pdf GAO-06-907R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-907R Correspondence GAO-06-907R; Nonprofit Hospital Systems: Survey on Executive Compensation Policies and Practices; Executive compensation Fringe benefits Hospitals Internal controls Nonprofit organizations Pay Payroll systems Private sector Private sector practices Surveys