21 May 09 Health plan CEO Compensation

The fine folks at FierceHealthcare have compiled a list of the top ten health plan CEOs ranked by compensation. The links include details on performance, prior year compensation, and a bit of editorial.

Aetna Ron Williams $24,300,112

CIGNA Ed Hanway $12, 236,740

WellPoint Angela Braly $9,844,212

Coventry Dale Wolf (ret) $9,047,469

Centene Michael Neidorff $8,774,483

Amerigroup James Carlson $5,292,546

Humana Michael McCallister $4,764,309

HealthNet Jay Gellert $4,425,355

Universal American Richard Barasch $3,503,702

UnitedHealth Group Steve Hemsley $3,421,042

Some of these top-ten CEOs saw their compensation drop due to declines in their company stock price or other financial issues (CIGNA, Coventry) while others seem to have been unaffected by deteriorating performance (WellPoint, HealthNet) and settlement of lawsuits (Amerigroup.

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