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100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2011

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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

    Paul Ryan

    U.S. Representative (R-Wis.); Chairman of the House Budget Committee

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Rank 2

    Peter Shumlin

    Governor

    Governor of Vermont

    Rank 3

    Barack Obama

    President of the United States

    United States

    Rank 4

    Donald Berwick

    Administrator

    CMS

    Rank 5

    Kathleen Sebelius

    Secretary

    HHS

    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 8

    William Weldon

    Chairman and CEO

    Johnson & Johnson

    Rank 9

    Farzad Mostashari

    National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology

    HHS

    Rank 10

    Therese "Terri" Vaughan

    CEO

    National Association of Insurance Commissioners

    Rank 11

    Carolyn Clancy

    Director

    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    Rank 12

    Robert Wah

    Vice President and Chief Medical Officer; Board Chairman

    CSC; American Medical Association

    Rank 13

    Kent Thiry

    CEO

    DaVita

    Rank 14

    Paul Diaz

    President and CEO

    Kindred Healthcare

    Rank 15

    Sister Carol Keehan

    President and CEO

    Catholic Health Association

    Rank 16

    Richard Umbdenstock

    President and CEO

    American Hospital Association

    Rank 17

    Wayne Smith

    Chairman, President and CEO

    Community Health Systems

    Rank 18

    Chris Van Gorder

    President and CEO

    Scripps Health

    Rank 19

    Lloyd Dean

    President and CEO

    Catholic Healthcare West

    Rank 20

    Alan Miller

    Chairman and CEO

    Universal Health Services

    Rank 21

    John Boehner

    Speaker of the House (R-Ohio)

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Rank 22

    Stephen Hemsley

    President and CEO

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank 23

    Karen Daley

    President

    American Nurses Association

    Rank 24

    John Hammergren

    Chairman and CEO

    McKesson Corp.

    Rank 25

    Trevor Fetter

    Chairman and CEO

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Rank 26

    Regina Benjamin

    U.S. Surgeon General

    Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service

    Rank 27

    Thomas Zenty

    CEO

    University Hospitals

    Rank 28

    Anthony Tersigni

    President and CEO

    Ascension Health

    Rank 29

    Michael Dowling

    President and CEO

    North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

    Rank 30

    Drew Altman

    President and CEO

    Kaiser Family Foundation

    Rank 31

    Rose Ann DeMoro

    Executive Director

    National Nurses United

    Rank 32

    Chip Kahn

    President and CEO

    Federation of American Hospitals

    Rank 33

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman and CEO

    ABM Healthcare

    Rank 34

    Richard Bracken

    Chairman and CEO

    Hospital Corporation of America

    Rank 35

    Patricia Hemingway Hall

    President and CEO

    Health Care Service Corp.

    Rank 36

    Richard Afable

    President and CEO

    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Rank 37

    Maureen Bisognano

    President and CEO

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank 38

    Scott Armstrong

    President and CEO

    Group Health Cooperative

    Rank 39

    Aneesh Chopra

    U.S. Chief Technology Officer

    White House

    Rank 40

    Angela Braly

    Chairwoman, President and CEO

    WellPoint Inc

    Rank 41

    Stuart Altman

    Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy

    Brandeis University

    Rank 42

    Gail Wilensky

    Senior Fellow; Former Administrator of HCFA, Predecessor to the CMS

    Project HOPE

    Rank 43

    Janet Corrigan

    President and CEO

    National Quality Forum

    Rank 44

    Judith Faulkner

    Founder and CEO

    Epic Systems Corp.

    Rank 45

    Kevin Lofton

    President and CEO

    Catholic Health Initiatives

    Rank 46

    Margaret "Peggy" O'Kane

    President

    National Committee for Quality Assurance

    Rank 47

    Chuck Grassley

    U.S. Senator (R-Iowa)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 48

    Leah Binder

    CEO

    Leapfrog Group

    Rank 49

    Rick Scott

    Governor of Florida

    Florida governor

    Rank 50

    Jay Grinney

    President and CEO

    HealthSouth Corp.

    Rank 51

    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

    President and CEO

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Rank 52

    Deborah Peel

    Founder and Chairwoman

    Patient Privacy Rights Foundation

    Rank 53

    Joseph Swedish

    President and CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank 54

    Charles Sorenson

    President and CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank 55

    Eric Holder

    U.S. Attorney General

    U.S. Justice Department

    Rank 56

    Delos "Toby" Cosgrove

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank 57

    Karen Ignagni

    President and CEO

    America's Health Insurance Plans

    Rank 58

    Karen Davis

    President

    Commonwealth Fund

    Rank 59

    Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank 60

    George Halvorson

    Chairman and CEO

    Kaiser Permanente

    Rank 61

    Richard Clarke

    President and CEO

    Healthcare Financial Management Association

    Rank 62

    Alan Aviles

    President and CEO

    New York City Health and Hospitals Corp

    Rank 63

    Mark Chassin

    President

    Joint Commission

    Rank 64

    Georges Benjamin

    Executive Director

    American Public Health Association

    Rank 66

    Christine Cassel

    President and CEO

    American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation

    Rank 67

    Michael McCallister

    Chairman and CEO

    Humana

    Rank 68

    Stephen Bonner

    President and CEO

    Cancer Treatment Centers of America

    Rank 69

    Eric Topol

    Chief Academic Officer; Director

    Scripps Health

    Rank 70

    Thomas Frieden

    Director

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Rank 71

    John Noseworthy

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank 72

    Thomas Dolan

    President and CEO

    American College of Healthcare Executives

    Rank 73

    Margaret Hamburg

    Commissioner

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration

    Rank 74

    Richard Feinstein

    Director

    Bureau of Competition, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

    Rank 75

    Nicholas Wolter

    CEO

    Billings Clinic

    Rank 76

    Paul Ginsburg

    President

    Center for Studying Health System Change

    Rank 77

    Gary Gottlieb

    President and CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank 78

    Jack Lewin

    CEO

    American College of Cardiology

    Rank 79

    Teri Fontenot

    President and CEO,

    Woman's Hospital

    Rank 80

    Helen Darling

    President and CEO

    National Business Group on Health

    Rank 81

    Glenn Steele Jr.

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank 82

    Alan Morgan

    CEO

    National Rural Health Association

    Rank 83

    Harvey Fineberg

    President

    Institute of Medicine

    Rank 84

    Eric Shinseki

    Secretary

    U.S. Veterans Affairs Department

    Rank 85

    Peter Fine

    President and CEO

    Banner Health

    Rank 86

    Bruce Siegel

    CEO

    National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems

    Rank 87

    Richard Foster

    Chief Actuary

    CMS

    Rank 88

    Rulon Stacey

    President and CEO

    Poudre Valley Health System

    Rank 89

    Charles Martin

    Chairman and CEO

    Vanguard Health Systems

    Rank 91

    Stephen Lieber

    President and CEO

    Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

    Rank 92

    Howard Koh

    Assistant Secretary for Health

    HHS

    Rank 93

    Steven Safyer

    President and CEO

    Montefiore Medical Center

    Rank 94

    Daniel Levinson

    Inspector General

    HHS

    Rank 95

    Darrell Kirch

    President and CEO,

    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Rank 96

    Ron Pollack

    Founder and Executive Director

    Families USA

    Rank 97

    Richard Gilfillan

    Acting Director

    CMS

    Rank 98

    Kenneth Raske

    President and CEO

    Greater New York Hospital Association

    Rank 99

    James Guest

    President and CEO

    Consumers Union

    Rank 100

    A. Barry Rand

    CEO

    AARP

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        • - Hospital of the Future (Fall)
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