The top dental and medical education executive at a leading global health insurer is making millions more in compensation than his employer, the National Health and Medical Research Council, according to a report by a group of public health experts.
Dentists at Tata Medical Education and Research Institute Ltd.
and Tata Medical Sciences India Ltd.
are among the top earners in the U.S., where the salaries of top earners can reach as much as $2 million per year, according the report released Tuesday by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit watchdog group.
The top earners at the two firms make more than $2.7 million in compensation, more than double the median earnings of a top executive at the nation’s top health care provider, the Center said.
Dental executives and researchers make about $70,000 a year, or more than the median annual income for people in the lowest quintile of U.A.C. income levels.
Dental executives at the companies, which are among a handful of U