Yaffe & Company, Inc. is your educational resource for effective governance of your non-profit organization.  Our goal is to provide executive and board leaders with the data, guidance, and best practice processes that are needed to be efficient and compliant.

In this section you will find papers, articles, presentations, and reports covering current issues and topics that impact your leadership teams:

  • Recent survey results and reports
  • Current trends in compensation, benefits, and retirement programs
  • Best practices for governance, compensation, and compliance

Latest Resources

  • Trends & Highlights: 2012 Executive Compensation Survey for Hospitals & Systems

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    This executive summary of Yaffe & Company’s annual Executive Compensation Survey for Hospitals and Systems reports data effective January 1, 2012 for the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer. All organizations that participated receive a complimentary copy of the report. If you are interested in further analysis, please register for our 2012 Executive Compensation Trends Webinar.

     

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  • Trends & Highlights: 2011/12 Executive Compensation Report

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    This executive summary of Yaffe & Company’s annual Executive Compensation Survey for Independent Colleges and Universities reports data effective October 1, 2011 for the president, provost, and chief financial officer.  All institutions that participated receive a complimentary copy of the report. If you are interested in further analysis, you may also view the webinar discussing these data and trends.

    Last year, more than 40% of the presidents reported no salary increases; this year that percentage was cut almost in half to 23.3%.

     

     

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  • Presidential Compensation and Contract Provisions

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    This presentation will take you through the compensation, benefits, and retirement program trends from 2006/07 to 2011/12 while using the data from our annual Executive Compensation Survey.  Contract provisions and benefits will also be discussed using data from a March 2012 survey on Presidential contracts.  This one-hour presentation and discussion was lead by two of Yaffe & Company’s consultants, Lyn Harper and Dr. Saundra Tracy.

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  • Physician Compensation Governance

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    In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of hospitals employing physicians. The compensation structures for these employed physicians vary widely among hospitals and often even among physicians within the same hospital.

    Yaffe & Company conducted a brief survey to explore how hospitals are compensating physicians, including elements used to set compensation, methodologies employed, and board oversight of the process.

     

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  • 2011 Executive Compensation Report for Non-Profit Rehabilitation Hospitals

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    Yaffe & Company is pleased to present its 2011 Executive Compensation Report for Non-Profit Rehabilitation Hospitals. 72 organizations from across the country were invited to participate, and over 16% responded. Being that the survey is in its inaugural year, the results are being provided at no cost to all participants and invited organizations. In future years, the complimentary report will only be available to participating organizations.

    This year’s report includes data on 9 executive positions from 12 non-profit rehabilitation hospitals. The survey report presents base salary, total cash compensation and benefits information. In addition, the survey report provides information on the prevalence and practices of the following:

    • Incentive plans
    • Benefits programs, including basic life insurance, and long term disability
    • Supplemental Retirement programs
    • Contract Information
    • Perquisites, including automobile, club memberships, financial counseling, etc.

     

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