Hospital Authority committee recommends no discretionary bonus for former CEO after low evaluation scores

The CEO Performance Evaluation Committee of the Hospital Authority Board voted to recommend that the full board not award any discretionary bonus to former National General Hospital CEO Dr. Webb after assigning a committee score of 21 out of a possible 75 points.

The committee’s score, which corresponds to the lower third of the evaluation scale, was reached after members reviewed five performance categories including growth, financial leadership, quality, customer service and stakeholder relations. Committee members said the financial leadership category and failures identified in a recent Metro Government audit weighed heavily in their decision, and they noted persistent communication and culture problems under the former CEO’s tenure.

Why it matters: the committee formally recorded the recommendation for the full board and will summarize the decision at the next board meeting. Metro Legal informed the committee that Dr. Webb’s severance agreement may have already settled compensation matters, which would render any committee recommendation legally moot; the committee proceeded with the evaluation to document…