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100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2009

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    The 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare awards & recognition program honors individuals in healthcare who are deemed by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare to be the most influential individuals in the industry, in terms of leadership and impact. This program allows for readers to vote for their top choices and selected honorees will be published in Modern Healthcare's annual ranking.

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    Rank 1

    Barack Obama

    President

    United States

    Rank 2

    Kathleen Sebelius

    Secretary

    HHS

    Rank 3

    Nancy-Ann DeParle

    Director

    White House Office of Health Reform

    Rank 4

    Max Baucus

    U.S. Senator (D-Mont., Chairman, Senate Finance Committee

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 5

    Chuck Grassley

    U.S. senator (R-Iowa), Ranking member, Senate Finance Committee

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 6

    David Blumenthal

    National coordinator for health Information technology

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Rank 7

    Carolyn Clancy

    Director

    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    Rank 8

    Barry Straube

    Director and chief clinical officer

    CMS

    Rank 9

    Peter Orszag

    Director

    White House Office of Management and Budget

    Rank 10

    Andy Stern

    President

    Service Employees International Union

    Rank 11

    James Guest

    President and CEO

    Consumers Union

    Rank 12

    George Halvorson

    Chairman and CEO

    Kaiser Permanente

    Rank 13

    Bill Gates

    Chairman; co-founde

    Microsoft Corp; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    Rank 14

    Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Governor,

    State of California

    Rank 15

    Nancy Pelosi

    (D-Calif.), speaker of the House

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Rank 16

    Richard Bracken

    President and CEO

    Hospital Corporation of America

    Rank 17

    Steve Burd

    President and CEOz

    Safeway stores

    Rank 18

    Sister Carol Keehan

    President

    Catholic Health Association

    Rank 19

    Paul Diaz

    President and CEO

    Kindred Healthcare

    Rank 20

    Donald Berwick

    President and CEO

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank 21

    Henry Waxman

    U.S. representative (D-Calif.), chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Rank 22

    Drew Altman

    President and CEO

    Kaiser Family Foundation

    Rank 23

    Pamela Thompson

    CEO

    American Organization of Nurse Executives

    Rank 24

    Newt Gingrich

    Founder

    Center for Health Transformation

    Rank 25

    Bruce Yarwood

    President and CEO

    American Health Care Association

    Rank 26

    Ronald Williams

    President and CEO

    Aetna

    Rank 27

    Bill Carpenter

    President and CEO

    LifePoint Hospitals

    Rank 28

    Leah Binder

    CEO

    Leapfrog Group

    Rank 29

    Joel Allison

    President and CEO

    Baylor Health Care System

    Rank 30

    Pete Stark

    U.S. representative (D-Calif.), chairman, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Rank 31

    Doug Hawthorne

    CEO

    Texas Health Resources

    Rank 32

    Lloyd Dean

    President and CEO

    Catholic Healthcare West,

    Rank 33

    Rebecca Patton

    President

    American Nurses Association

    Rank 34

    Christine Cassel

    President and CEO

    American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation

    Rank 35

    Rose Ann DeMoro

    Executive director,

    California Nurses Association/Nurses Organizing Committe

    Rank 36

    Nicholas Wolter

    CEO

    Billings Clinic

    Rank 37

    Dean Wilkerson

    Executive director

    American College of Emergency Physicians

    Rank 38

    Susan Sheridan

    Co-founder and president

    Consumers Advancing Patient Safety

    Rank 39

    Billy Tauzin

    President and CEO

    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

    Rank 40

    Eric Holder

    U.S. attorney general

    Justice Department

    Rank 41

    Angela Braly

    President and CEO

    WellPoint Inc

    Rank 42

    Ann Converso

    President

    United American Nurses, AFL-CIO

    Rank 43

    Karen Davis

    President

    Commonwealth Fund

    Rank 44

    Stephen Hemsley

    President and CEO

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank 45

    Richard Clarke

    President and CEO

    Healthcare Financial Management Association

    Rank 46

    Christine Varney

    Assistant attorney general, antitrust division

    Justice Department

    Rank 47

    Richard Umbdenstock

    President and CEO

    American Hospital Association

    Rank 48

    Mark Chassin

    President

    Joint Commission

    Rank 49

    Patricia Hemingway-Hall

    President and CEO

    Health Care Service Corp.

    Rank 50

    Karen Ignagni

    President and CEO

    America's Health Insurance Plans

    Rank 51

    Helen Haskell

    Founder and president

    Mothers Against Medical Erro

    Rank 52

    Eric Schmidt

    Chairman and CEO

    Google

    Rank 53

    Trevor Fetter

    President and CEO

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Rank 54

    Patricia Gabow

    CEO and chief medical officer

    Denver Health

    Rank 55

    Georges Benjamin

    Executive director

    American Public Health Association

    Rank 56

    Richard Feinstein

    Director, Bureau of Competitio

    Federal Trade Commission

    Rank 57

    Wayne Smith

    President and CEO

    Community Health Systems

    Rank 58

    Mark Leavitt

    Chairman, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology

    Chicag

    Rank 59

    Dan Wolterman

    President and CEO

    Memorial Hermann Health System

    Rank 60

    Joseph Swedish

    President and CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank 61

    Michael Dowling

    President and CEO

    North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

    Rank 62

    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

    President and CEO

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Rank 63

    Anthony Tersigni

    President and CEO

    Ascension Health

    Rank 64

    Paul Tang

    Vice president and chief medical information officer

    Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation

    Rank 65

    Eric Shinseki

    Secretary

    Veterans Affairs Department

    Rank 66

    Chris Van Gorder

    President and CEO,

    Scripps Health

    Rank 67

    Chip Kahn

    President

    Federation of American Hospitals

    Rank 68

    Kevin Lofton

    President and CEO

    Catholic Health Initiatives

    Rank 69

    Gary Newsome

    President and CEO

    Health Management Associates

    Rank 70

    Harvey Fineberg

    President,

    Institute of Medicine

    Rank 71

    Sister Mary Jean Ryan

    Chairman and CEO

    SSM Health Care

    Rank 72

    Betsy McCaughey

    Founder and chairman, RID: Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, adjunct fellow

    Hudson Institute

    Rank 73

    Kent Thiry

    CEO

    DaVita

    Rank 74

    Richard Foster

    Chief actuary

    CMS

    Rank 75

    Twila Brase

    President

    Citizens' Council on Health Care

    Rank 76

    Ilene Corina

    Founder

    Pulse

    Rank 77

    Brent James

    Chief quality officer

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank 78

    Deborah Peel

    Founder and chairwoman

    Patient Privacy Rights

    Rank 79

    Mike McCallister

    President and CEO

    Humana

    Rank 80

    Jack Lewin

    CEO

    American College of Cardiology

    Rank 81

    Thomas Dolan

    President and CEO

    American College of Healthcare Executives

    Rank 82

    Jay Grinney

    President and CEO

    HealthSouth Corp.

    Rank 83

    Ron Pollack

    Founder, executive director

    Families USA

    Rank 84

    Ted Epperly

    President

    American Academy of Family Physicians

    Rank 85

    Scott Serota

    President and CEO

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

    Rank 86

    John Tooker

    Executive vice president and CEO

    American College of Physicians

    Rank 87

    Joey Jacobs

    President and CEO

    Psychiatric Solutions

    Rank 88

    Emad Rizk

    President

    McKesson Health Solutions

    Rank 89

    Alan Miller

    President and CEO

    Universal Health Services

    Rank 90

    Glenn Steele Jr.

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank 91

    Troyen Brennan

    Executive vice president and chief medical officer

    CVS Caremark Corp.

    Rank 92

    Stephen Lieber

    President and CEO

    Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

    Rank 93

    Daniel Slipkovich

    CEO

    Capella Healthcare

    Rank 94

    Charles Martin

    Chairman and CEO

    Vanguard Health Systems

    Rank 95

    J. James Rohack

    President

    American Medical Association

    Rank 96

    Michael Maves

    Executive vice president and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank 97

    John Rother

    Executive vice president of policy and strategy

    AARP

    Rank 98

    William Jessee

    President and CEO,

    Medical Group Management Association

    Rank 99

    Barry Silbaugh

    CEO

    American College of Physician Executives

    Rank 100

    Darrell Kirch

    President

    Association of American Medical Colleges

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