Health Care Notes: Nashville General approves CEO contract

Nashville General CEO Dr. Joseph Webb has been approved for a new three-year contract after months of negotiation. The Hospital Authority Board agreed to grant him up to $631,046 in annual pay and benefits, up from his current salary of $436,000 but lower than last year’s initial offering of more than $940,000, reports Frank Gluck at The Tennessean. Webb has led the city’s safety net hospital since 2015. 

Earlier this year, Nashville General deemed its current location on the campus of Meharry Medical College beyond repair and began planning for a possible replacement facility, a move Meharry officials said took them by surprise.