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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

    Kathleen Sebelius

    Secretary

    HHS

    Rank 2

    John Kitzhaber

    Governor of Oregon

    Oregon governor

    Rank 3

    Barack Obama

    President of the United States

    United States

    Rank 4

    Stephen Hemsley

    President and CEO

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank 5

    Marilyn Tavenner

    CMS Administrator

    CMS

    Rank 6

    Mark Bertolini

    Chairman, President and CEO

    Aetna

    Rank 7

    Richard Bracken

    Chairman and CEO

    Hospital Corporation of America

    Rank 8

    Joseph Swedish

    CEO

    WellPoint Inc

    Rank 9

    George Halvorson

    Outgoing Chairman

    Kaiser Permanente

    Rank 10

    Sister Carol Keehan

    President and CEO

    Catholic Health Association of the United States

    Rank 11

    Kent Thiry

    Co-Chairman and CEO

    DaVita HealthCare Partners

    Rank 12

    Glenn Hackbarth

    Chairman

    Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

    Rank 13

    Judith Faulkner

    CEO

    Epic Systems Corp.

    Rank 14

    Jan Brewer

    Governor of Arizona

    Arizona governor

    Rank 15

    John Noseworthy

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank 16

    Toby Cosgrove

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank 17

    Wayne Smith

    Chairman, President and CEO

    Community Health Systems

    Rank 18

    Trevor Fetter

    Chairman and CEO

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Rank 19

    Joel Allison

    President and CEO

    Baylor Health Care System

    Rank 20

    David Cordani

    President and CEO

    Cigna Corp.

    Rank 21

    Maureen Bisognano

    President and CEO

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank 22

    Paul Diaz

    CEO

    Kindred Healthcare

    Rank 23

    Patricia Hemingway Hall

    President and CEO

    Health Care Service Corp.

    Rank 24

    John Hammergren

    Chairman, President and CEO

    McKesson Corp.

    Rank 25

    Michael Dowling

    President and CEO

    North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

    Rank 26

    Gary Gottlieb

    President and CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank 27

    Farzad Mostashari

    Outgoing national coordinator for health information technology

    ONC

    Rank 28

    Bruce Broussard

    President and CEO

    Humana

    Rank 29

    Richard Umbdenstock

    President and CEO

    American Hospital Association

    Rank 30

    Kevin Lofton

    President and CEO

    Catholic Health Initiatives

    Rank 31

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman and CEO

    Virginia Mason Medical Center

    Rank 32

    Drew Altman

    President and CEO

    Kaiser Family Foundation

    Rank 33

    Chip Kahn

    President and CEO

    Federation of American Hospitals

    Rank 34

    Lloyd Dean

    President and CEO

    Dignity Health

    Rank 35

    RoseAnn DeMoro

    Executive Director

    National Nurses United

    Rank 36

    Max Baucus

    Senate Finance Committee chairman (D-Mont.)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 37

    Ron Pollack

    Founding Executive Director

    Families USA

    Rank 38

    Dan Wolterman

    President and CEO

    Memorial Hermann Health System

    Rank 39

    A. Barry Rand

    CEO

    AARP

    Rank 40

    Bill Carpenter

    Chairman and CEO

    LifePoint Hospitals

    Rank 41

    Susan Turney

    President and CEO

    MGMA-ACMPE

    Rank 42

    Pat Fry

    President and CEO

    Sutter Health

    Rank 43

    Thomas Frieden

    Director

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Rank 44

    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

    President and CEO

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Rank 45

    Margaret Hamburg

    Commissioner

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration

    Rank 46

    Alex Gorsky

    Chairman and CEO

    Johnson & Johnson

    Rank 47

    Susan DeVore

    President and CEO

    Premier

    Rank 48

    John Castellani

    President and CEO

    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

    Rank 49

    Charles Sorenson

    President and CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank 50

    Jeffrey Drazen

    Editor-in-chief

    New England Journal of Medicine

    Rank 51

    Atul Gawande

    Professor of Surgery, Professor of Health Policy and Management

    Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health

    Rank 52

    Cecile Richards

    President

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America

    Rank 53

    Alan Miller

    Chairman and CEO

    Universal Health Services

    Rank 54

    Ardis Hoven

    President

    American Medical Association

    Rank 55

    Margaret "Peggy" O'Kane

    President

    National Committee for Quality Assurance

    Rank 56

    Glenn Steele Jr.

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank 57

    Jim Skogsbergh

    President and CEO

    Advocate Health Care

    Rank 58

    Georges Benjamin

    Executive Director

    American Public Health Association

    Rank 59

    Jay Grinney

    President and CEO

    HealthSouth Corp.

    Rank 60

    Mark Chassin

    President

    Joint Commission

    Rank 61

    Anthony Tersigni

    President and CEO

    Ascension Health Alliance

    Rank 62

    Alan Aviles

    President and CEO

    New York City Health and Hospitals Corp

    Rank 63

    Doug Hawthorne

    CEO

    Texas Health Resources

    Rank 64

    Richard Feinstein

    Former Director

    Bureau of Competition, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

    Rank 65

    John Bardis

    Chairman, President and CEO

    MedAssets

    Rank 66

    Mary Brainerd

    President and CEO

    HealthPartners

    Rank 67

    Leah Binder

    President and CEO

    Leapfrog Group

    Rank 68

    Daniel Levinson

    Inspector General

    HHS

    Rank 69

    Jeffrey Romoff

    President and CEO

    UPMC

    Rank 70

    Bobby Jindal

    Governor of Louisiana

    Louisiana governer

    Rank 71

    Suzanne Delbanco

    Executive Director

    Catalyst for Payment Reform

    Rank 72

    Nancy Schlichting

    CEO

    Henry Ford Health System

    Rank 72

    Christine Cassel

    President and CEO

    National Quality Forum

    Rank 73

    Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank 75

    Karen Ignagni

    President and CEO

    America's Health Insurance Plans

    Rank 76

    Bill Gates

    Co-chair

    Microsoft Corp; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    Rank 77

    Chuck Grassley

    U.S. senator (R-Iowa)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 78

    Jeffrey Cain

    President

    American Academy of Family Physicians

    Rank 79

    Gail McGovern

    President and CEO

    American Red Cross

    Rank 80

    Harvey Fineberg

    President

    Institute of Medicine

    Rank 81

    James Madara

    Executive Vice President and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank 82

    Scott Armstrong

    President and CEO

    Group Health Cooperative

    Rank 83

    Deborah Bowen

    President and CEO

    American College of Healthcare Executives

    Rank 84

    Scott Serota

    President and CEO

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

    Rank 85

    Darrell Kirch

    President and CEO

    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Rank 86

    Ralph de la Torre

    Chairman and CEO

    Steward Health Care System

    Rank 87

    Benjamin Chu

    Group President, Board Chairman

    Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Hawaii, American Hospital Association

    Rank 88

    Mary Kay Henry

    President

    Service Employees International Union

    Rank 89

    Kenneth Raske

    President and CEO

    Greater New York Hospital Association

    Rank 90

    Eric Topol

    Chief Academic Officer, Director

    Scripps Health, Scripps Translational Science Institute

    Rank 91

    Eric Shinseki

    Secretary

    Veterans Affairs Department

    Rank 92

    Donald Fisher

    President and CEO

    American Medical Group Association

    Rank 93

    David Blumenthal

    President

    Commonwealth Fund

    Rank 94

    James Weinstein

    President and CEO

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

    Rank 95

    Alan Morgan

    CEO

    National Rural Health Association

    Rank 96

    Val Halamandaris

    President

    National Association for Home Care & Hospice

    Rank 97

    Bruce Siegel

    President and CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

    Rank 98

    Helen Darling

    President and CEO

    National Business Group on Health

    Rank 99

    Brent James

    Chief Quality Officer and Executive Director

    Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank 100

    James Hinton

    President and CEO

    Presbyterian Healthcare Services

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        • - Value Based Care
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        • - Hospital of the Future (Fall)
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