Hospital management pay has become a hot-button issue in recent years, particularly as Triad healthcare systems have cut or outsourced hundreds of jobs in response to regulatory changes.

VA officials said the exemptions to a Jan. 20 executive order are necessary to provide ... More than 300,000 Department of Veterans Affairs health care jobs are exempt from a federal hiring freeze ...

Area hospitals see more than a dozen big executive changes this year, including several CEO appointments. Last year, the metro had just four changes among its top health care execs.