Forum Health former CEO won't accept $9,000 a week consulting salary

BOARDMAN — Walter “Buzz” Pishkur, the former CEO of Forum Health, today said he changed his mind and will not accept the $9,000-a-week salary to serve as a consultant for the health-care system.

Pishkur had a press conference at Mr. Anthony’s. He said he reconsidered his initial decision to accept the salary for two reasons.

First, he said he wasn’t being consulted about what was going on with the system. He said he believed he would be able to have some input in pushing forward a reorganizational plan for the system he implemented when he was CEO. Therefore, he said the $9,000 weekly salary was excessive.

Second, he learned the proposed compensation for the new interim CEO would be a $75,000 a month. He said that also caused him to change his mind because employees are being laid off and have had their incomes reduced.

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