The health secretary has told the trust at the centre of a hospital bug investigation to withhold any severance pay to its former chief executive.
Rose Gibb of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust resigned on Friday after four years in post.
Alan Johnson described the deaths of 90 hospital patients from Clostridium difficile as "scandalous".
Kent police have launched an investigation into whether the trust should be prosecuted for the deaths.
The suspension of Ms Gibb's pay is pending legal advice.
Ms Gibb left the trust by mutual arrangement. The trust has refused to disclose how much money Ms Gibb received after leaving.
Annual accounts showed she earned around £150,000 in salary, £5,000 benefits and £12,500 in pension in 2006/07.
Geoff Martin of campaign group Health Emergency said: "A severance payment should never have been considered in the first place.
"We have a right to know how much taxpayers' money is involved."
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