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Now really, who else could it be? Is anyone else other than Kathleeen Sebelius managing a $941 billion budget and tasked with moving the massive reform law from paper to reality?
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The nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber topped this year's list of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare.
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Jon Lorsch will join the National Institutes of Health this summer as the director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
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Following are the titles and affiliations for the 100 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare for 2013.
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Without increased funding, a more diverse workforce, better management of data and the ability to attract the best talent, the U.S. may lose its position as the world's leader in biomedical research, warned the National Institutes of Health.
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The National Institutes of Health awarded about $11.3 million to seven health systems and a coordinating center to undertake and better understand large clinical studies.
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Looming cuts under the federal deficit-reduction law would endanger about 40% of the funding for new federal cancer research next year, according to a federal research official.
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With the recent passing of Jerry Nelson, the voice of Sesame Street's Count von Count, I'm compelled to note that the 2012 edition of Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list had 18 first-timers, eight 11-timers, 78 men, 22 women and 25 doctors (20 men and five women).
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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