Pay to top area health care executives exceeds national average

Hospital leaders in Madison earn more than the national average of roughly $630,000, and compensation last year for the top executives at Dean Health Plan and Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin topped $1 million each. Madison's hospitals, health systems and health insurance companies must pay their leaders well to remain competitive, health care consultants say. But critics say health care executives shouldn't make so much. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 8/29)