100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2011
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
Paul Ryan
U.S. Representative (R-Wis.); Chairman of the House Budget Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
Rank 6
Newt Gingrich
Founder, Center for Health Transformation; Former House speaker
Center for Health Transformation
Rank 7
John Wennberg
Director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Professor of Evaluative Clinical Sciences
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Rank 12
Robert Wah
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer; Board Chairman
CSC; American Medical Association
Rank 42
Gail Wilensky
Senior Fellow; Former Administrator of HCFA, Predecessor to the CMS
Project HOPE
Rank 66
Christine Cassel
President and CEO
American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation