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| California Psychiatrists Paid $400,000 Shows Bidding War |
| By bloomberg.com - Freeman Klopott, Rodney Yap & Terrence Dopp |
| Published: 12/12/2012 |
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Mohammad Safi, a graduate of a medical school in Afghanistan, began working as a psychiatrist at a California mental hospital in 2006, making $90,682 in his first six months. Last year, he took home $822,302, all of it paid by taxpayers. Safi benefited from what amounted to a bidding war after a federal court forced the state to improve inmate care. The prisons raised pay to lure psychiatrists, the mental health department followed suit to keep employees, and costs soared. Last year, 16 California psychiatrists, including Safi, made more than $400,000, while only one did in the other 11 most- populous states, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Enlarge image America's Great State Payroll Giveaway The jockeying between agencies for the same doctors demonstrates a payroll system run amok and chronic mismanagement, said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean at the Yale University School of Management and founder of a training institute for chief executive officers. Read More. |
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