100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2015

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

John Roberts, 60

Chief Justice

U.S. Supreme Court

Rank 2

Barack Obama, 54

President

United States

Rank 3

Bernard Tyson, 56

Chairman and CEO

Kaiser Permanente

Rank 4

Anthony Tersigni, 66

CEO

Ascension Health

Rank 5

Stephen Hemsley, 63

President and CEO

UnitedHealth Group

Rank 6

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 50

Secretary

HHS

Rank 7

R. Milton Johnson, 58

Chairman and CEO

HCA Healthcare

Rank 8

Dr. John Noseworthy, 63

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Rank 9

Trevor Fetter, 55

Chairman and CEO

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Rank 10

Dr. Atul Gawande, 49

Surgeon, writer and public health researcher

Harvard

Rank 11

Joseph Swedish, 64

President and CEO

Anthem

Rank 12

Dr. Toby Cosgrove, 75

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

Rank 13

Lloyd Dean, 65

President and CEO

Dignity Health

Rank 14

Dr. William Roper, 67

CEO of UNC Health, Dean of UNC School of Medicine, UNC Vice Chancellor for medical affairs

UNC Health Care System

Rank 15

Dr. Gary Kaplan, 64

Chairman & CEO

Virginia Mason

Rank 16

Rick Pollack, 59

Incoming CEO

American Hospital Association

Rank 17

Sister Carol Keehan, 71

President and CEO

Catholic Health Association

Rank 18

Wayne Smith, 69

President and CEO

Community Health Systems

Rank 19

Kent Thiry, 59

Chairman and CEO

DaVita HealthCare Partners

Rank 20

Andy Slavitt

Acting Administrator

CMS

Rank 21

David Cordani, 49

President and CEO

Cigna

Rank 22

Michael Dowling, 65

President and CEO

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

Rank 23

Anthony Kennedy, 79

Associate Justice

Department of Justice

Rank 24

Dr. Christine Cassel, 69

President and CEO

National Quality Forum

Rank 25

Robert McDonald, 62

Secretary

Department of Veterans Affairs

Rank 26

Joel Allison, 67

CEO

Baylor Scott and White Health

Rank 27

Peter Fine, 63

President and CEO

Banner Health

Rank 28

Chip Kahn, 64

President and CEO

Federation of American Hospitals

Rank 29

Mark Bertolini, 58

President and CEO

Aetna

Rank 30

Paul Ryan, 45

House Ways and Means Chairman

U.S. House of Representatives

Rank 31

Judith Faulkner, 72

CEO and Founder

Epic Systems Corp.

Rank 32

Dr. Richard Gilfillan, 66

President and CEO

Trinity Health

Rank 33

Dr. Francis Collins, 65

Director

National Institutes of Health

Rank 34

Kevin Lofton, 60

CEO

Catholic Health Initiatives

Rank 35

Dr. Karen DeSalvo, 50

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

ONC

Rank 36

Dr. Charles Sorenson, 64

President and CEO

Intermountain Healthcare

Rank 37

Pamela Cipriano, 61

President

American Nurses Association

Rank 38

Dr. Vivek Murthy, 38

Surgeon General

HHS

Rank 39

Drew Altman

President and CEO

Kaiser Family Foundation

Rank 40

W. Carl Whitmer, 51

President and CEO

Iasis Healthcare

Rank 41

Margaret "Peggy" O'Kane, 67

President

National Committee for Quality Assurance

Rank 42

Loretta Lynch, 56

Attorney General

Department of Justice

Rank 43

Dr. Anthony Fauci, 74

Director

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Rank 44

Mitch McConnell, 73

Senate Majority Leader

U.S. Senate

Rank 45

Dr. Peter Pronovost, 50

Senior VP for Patient Safety and Quality; Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Rank 46

Omar Ishrak, 59

Chairman and CEO

Medtronic

Rank 47

Maureen Bisognano, 62

President and CEO

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Rank 48

Patricia Hemingway Hall, 62

President and CEO

Health Care Service Corp.

Rank 49

Dr. David Blumenthal, 66

President

Commonwealth Fund

Rank 50

Alan Miller, 78

Chairman and CEO

Universal Health Services

Rank 51

Scott Serota, 59

President and CEO

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Rank 52

John Boehner, 65

Speaker of the House

U.S. House of Representatives

Rank 53

Dr. Patrick Conway, 41

Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality, CMS Chief Medical Officer

CMS

Rank 54

Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, 60

President and CEO

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Rank 55

Marilyn Tavenner, 64

President and CEO

America's Health Insurance Plans

Rank 56

Susan DeVore, 56

President and CEO

Premier

Rank 57

Dr. Thomas Frieden, 54

Director

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rank 58

Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, 58

CEO

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Rank 59

Anne Filipic, 33

President

Enroll America

Rank 60

Deborah Bowen, 60

President and CEO

American College of Healthcare Executives

Rank 61

Dr. David Torchiana, 60

President and CEO

Partners HealthCare

Rank 62

William Carpenter, 60

Chairman and CEO

LifePoint Health

Rank 63

Dr. Prem Reddy, 67

Chairman, President and CEO

Prime Healthcare Services

Rank 64

Dr. Mark Chassin, 68

President and CEO

Joint Commission

Rank 65

Dr. David Bailey

President and CEO

Nemours

Rank 66

Dr. Ram Raju, 64

President and CEO

New York City Health and Hospitals Corp

Rank 67

Steve Beshear, 70

Governor

State of Kentucky

Rank 68

Beverly Malone, 67

CEO

National League for Nursing

Rank 69

Jay Grinney, 64

President and CEO

HealthSouth Corp.

Rank 70

Leah Binder, 52

President and CEO

Leapfrog Group

Rank 71

Ben Breier, 44

President and CEO

Kindred Healthcare

Rank 72

Dan Wolterman, 59

President, CEO and Director

Memorial Hermann Health System

Rank 73

John Hammergren, 56

Chairman, President & CEO

McKesson Corp.

Rank 74

Gail McGovern, 63

President and CEO

American Red Cross

Rank 75

Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright, 47

President and CEO

Medical Group Management Association

Rank 76

Jim Skogsbergh, 57

President & CEO

Advocate Health Care

Rank 77

Dr. Jonathan Perlin, 54

Chief Medical Officer

HCA Healthcare

Rank 78

Jeffrey Romoff, 69

President and CEO

UPMC

Rank 79

Chris Van Gorder, 62

President and CEO

Scripps Health

Rank 80

Kirk Adams, 65

Executive VP

SEIU Healthcare

Rank 81

Dr. J. Mario Molina, 57

President and CEO

Molina Healthcare

Rank 82

Kenneth Raske, 68

President

Greater New York Hospital Association

Rank 83

Dr. Tejal Gandhi, 47

President and CEO

National Patient Safety Foundation

Rank 84

Dr. Robert Wachter, 57

Interim Chair, Department of Medicine; Chief of Hospital Medicine

University of California at San Francisco

Rank 85

Dr. Rodney Hochman, 60

President and CEO

Providence Health and Services

Rank 86

Dr. David Feinberg, 53

President and CEO

Geisinger Health

Rank 87

Suzanne Delbanco

Executive Director

Catalyst for Payment Reform

Rank 88

Dr. Ronald DePinho, 60

President

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Rank 89

Mark Parkinson, 58

President and CEO

American Health Care Association

Rank 90

Dr. James Madara, 64

Executive VP and CEO

American Medical Association

Rank 91

Lisa McGiffert, 63

Director

Consumers Union Safe Patient Project

Rank 92

Curt Nonomaque, 57

President and CEO

VHA

Rank 93

Dr. Bruce Siegel, 54

President and CEO

America's Essential Hospitals

Rank 94

Mary Brainerd, 61

President and CEO

HealthPartners

Rank 95

Debra Cafaro, 57

Chairman and CEO

Ventas

Rank 96

RoseAnn DeMoro, 66

Executive Director

National Nurses United

Rank 97

Dr. Georges Benjamin, 62

Executive Director

American Public Health Association

Rank 98

Nancy Schlichting, 60

President and CEO (retiring December 2016)

Henry Ford Health System

Rank 99

Neal Patterson, 66

Chairman and CEO

Cerner Corp.

Rank 100

Dr. Stephen Ostroff

Acting Commissioner

Food and Drug Administration

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