Jacob Cintron, CEO of University Medical Center of El Paso, received a 14% pay raise this week, increasing his salary to $1,128,582. Cintron’s new compensation is retroactive to Oct. 1, the start of the 2026 fiscal year.
The hospital’s seven-member board of managers voted 6-0 to approve his salary at its public meeting Tuesday, with one member abstaining. The board also approved a bonus of $346,449 based on Cintron’s recent job evaluation, a significant leap from last year’s bonus, as well as the performance metrics for 2025.
El Paso Matters filed a public records request for Cintron’s job evaluation and new performance metrics, but did not receive the documents by the time of publication…