Mr. Burdick was among the highest-paid CEOs at publicly-traded companies in the behavioral health space. UHS CEO Marc Miller earned $14.4 million in 2023. UHS operates both behavioral and acute care hospitals.
Here’s what the top executives at publicly traded behavioral health companies earned in 2023:
Lifestance Health CEO Kenneth Burdick
Salary: $623,077
Stock awards: $13,423,219
Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $770,000
Other compensation: $13,200
Total compensation: $ 14,829,496
Salary: $1,352,052
Stock awards: $4,944,124
Option awards: 4,944,434
Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $3,042,117
Change in pension value, nonqualified deferred compensation earnings: $78,003
Other compensation: $47,207
Total: $14,407,937
Teladoc Former CEO Jason Gorevic
Salary: $764,167
Stock awards: $10,000,006
Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $836,363
All other compensation: $13,200
Total compensation: $11,613,736
Acadia Healthcare CEO Chris Hunter
Salary: $1,000,000
Stock awards: $4,749,977
Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $1,653,667
Other compensation: $962
Total compensation: $7,404,606
Salary: $600,000
Bonus: $715,200
All other compensation: $22,123
Total compensation: $1,337,323