100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2016

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, 55

President

United States

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Rank 2

Bernard Tyson, 57

Chairman and CEO

Kaiser Permanente

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Rank 3

Anthony Tersigni, 66

President and CEO

Ascension Health

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Rank 4

Mark Bertolini, 60

Chairman and CEO

Aetna

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Rank 5

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 51

Secretary

HHS

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Rank 6

R. Milton Johnson, 59

Chairman and CEO

HCA Healthcare

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Rank 7

Stephen Hemsley, 63

President and CEO

UnitedHealth Group

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Rank 8

Rick Pollack, 66

President and CEO

American Hospital Association

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Rank 9

Marilyn Tavenner, 65

President and CEO

America's Health Insurance Plans

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Rank 10

Andy Slavitt, 49

Acting administrator

CMS

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Rank 11

Loretta Lynch, 57

U.S. attorney general

U.S. Justice Department

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Rank 12

Joseph Swedish, 64

Chairman, president and CEO

Anthem

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Rank 13

Paul Ryan, 46

House Speaker

U.S. House of Representatives

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Rank 14

Trevor Fetter, 56

Chairman and CEO

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

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Rank 15

Bernie Sanders, 74

U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate

U.S. Senate

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Rank 16

Lloyd Dean, 65

President and CEO

Dignity Health

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Rank 17

Stephen Ubl

President and CEO

PhRMA

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Rank 18

Kent Thiry, 60

Chairman and CEO

DaVita HealthCare Partners

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Rank 19

John Roberts, 61

Chief Justice

U.S. Supreme Court

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Rank 20

Kevin Lofton, 61

CEO

Catholic Health Initiatives

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Rank 21

Chip Kahn, 64

President and CEO

Federation of American Hospitals

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Rank 22

Judith Faulkner, 72

Founder and CEO

Epic Systems Corp.

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Rank 23

Wayne Smith, 70

Chairman and CEO

Community Health Systems

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Rank 24

Pamela Cipriano, 62

President

American Nurses Association

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Rank 25

Peter Fine, 64

President and CEO

Banner Health

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Rank 26

Patrick Conway, 42

Deputy administrator; chief medical officer

CMS

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Rank 27

Andrew Gurman

President

American Medical Association

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Rank 28

Thomas Frieden, 56

Director

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Rank 29

Toby Cosgrove, 76

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

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Rank 30

John Noseworthy, 64

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

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Rank 31

Karen Desalvo, 51

Acting assistant secretary for health

HHS

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Rank 32

Mitch McConnell, 74

Majority leader

U.S. Senate

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Rank 33

Carol Keehan, 72

President and CEO

Catholic Health Association

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Rank 34

James Skogsbergh, 58

President and CEO

Advocate Health Care

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Rank 35

John Edwards, 50

Governor

Louisiana governer

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Rank 36

Robert McDonald, 63

Secretary

U.S. Veterans Affairs Department

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Rank 37

David Torchiana, 61

President and CEO

Partners HealthCare

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Rank 38

Richard Gilfillan, 66

President and CEO

Trinity Health

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Rank 39

Beverly Malone, 68

CEO

National League for Nursing

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Rank 40

Alan Miller, 78

Chairman and CEO

Universal Health Services

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Rank 41

Atul Gawande, 50

Professor, author, speaker

Harvard Medical School

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Rank 42

Rodney Hochman, 60

President and CEO

Providence St. Joseph Health

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Rank 43

Donald Fisher, 70

President and CEO

American Medical Group Association

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Rank 44

Gary Kaplan, 64

Chairman and CEO

Virginia Mason

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Rank 45

Scott Serota, 60

President and CEO

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

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Rank 46

RoseAnn DeMoro, 67

Executive director

National Nurses United

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Rank 47

Georges Benjamin, 64

Executive director

American Public Health Association

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Rank 48

Deborah Bowen, 60

President and CEO

American College of Healthcare Executives

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Rank 49

Kenneth Raske, 69

President and CEO

Greater New York Hospital Association

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Rank 50

Susan DeVore, 56

President and CEO

Premier

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Rank 51

Halee Fischer-Wright, 48

President and CEO

Medical Group Management Association

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Rank 52

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, 62

President and CEO

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Rank 53

Francis Collins, 66

Director

National Institutes of Health

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Rank 54

Anthony Kennedy, 80

Associate justice

U.S. Supreme Court

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Rank 55

Ram Raju, 65

President and CEO

New York City Health and Hospitals Corp

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Rank 56

Bill Carpenter, 61

Chairman and CEO

LifePoint Health

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Rank 57

David Cordani, 50

President and CEO

Cigna Corp.

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Rank 58

Sarah Krevans, 56

President and CEO

Sutter Health

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Rank 59

Wright Lassiter, 52

President, incoming CEO

Henry Ford Health System

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Rank 60

Neal Patterson, 66

Chairman and CEO

Cerner Corp.

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Rank 61

Robert Califf, 65

Commissioner

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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Rank 62

Mario Molina, 57

President and CEO

Molina Healthcare

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Rank 63

Benjamin Breier, 44

President and CEO

Kindred Healthcare

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Rank 64

Joseph Mullany, 52

President

Detroit Medical Center

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Rank 65

Mark Chassin, 69

President and CEO

Joint Commission

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Rank 66

David Blumenthal, 68

President

Commonwealth Fund

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Rank 67

Eugene Woods, 51

President and CEO

Carolinas HealthCare System

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Rank 68

John Hammergren, 57

Chairman, president and CEO

McKesson Corp.

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Rank 69

Margaret O'Kane, 68

Founder and CEO

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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Rank 70

Cecile Richards, 59

President

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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Rank 71

Scott Whitaker

President and CEO

Advanced Medical Technology Association

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Rank 72

David Hebert

CEO

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

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Rank 73

Vivek Murthy, 39

Surgeon general

U.S. Public Health Service

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Rank 74

Chris Van Gorder, 63

President and CEO

Scripps Health

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Rank 75

Joel Allison, 68

CEO

Baylor Scott and White Health

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Rank 76

Michael Dowling, 67

President and CEO

Northwell Health

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Rank 77

Tejal Gandhi, 48

President and CEO

National Patient Safety Foundation

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Rank 78

Jonathan Perlin, 55

President of clinical services and chief medical officer

HCA Healthcare

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Rank 79

Prem Reddy, 68

Chairman and CEO

Prime Healthcare Services

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Rank 80

Joseph Fifer, 56

President and CEO

Healthcare Financial Management Association

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Rank 81

Drew Altman

President and CEO

Kaiser Family Foundation

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Rank 82

Benjamin Chu

President and CEO

Memorial Hermann Health System

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Rank 83

Robert Wachter, 58

Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine

University of California at San Francisco

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Rank 84

Barclay Berdan

CEO

Texas Health Resources

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Rank 85

David Feinberg, 53

President and CEO

Geisinger Health

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Rank 86

Jay Grinney, 65

President and CEO

HealthSouth Corp.

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Rank 87

Suzanne Delbanco

Executive Director

Catalyst for Payment Reform

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Rank 88

Eugene Washington

President and CEO

Duke University Health System

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Rank 89

Matt Bevin, 49

Governor

State of Kentucky

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Rank 90

Steven Safyer, 67

President and CEO

Montefiore Health System

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Rank 91

Ernie Sadau

President and CEO

Christus Health

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Rank 92

Mary Brainerd, 62

President and CEO

HealthPartners

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Rank 93

Ronald DePinho, 61

President

MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Rank 94

Bruce Siegel, 55

President and CEO

America's Essential Hospitals

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Rank 95

Leah Binder, 53

President and CEO

Leapfrog Group

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Rank 96

Patrick Soon-Shiong, 64

Chairman and CEO

NantHealth

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Rank 97

Victor Dzau, 71

President

National Academy of Medicine

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Rank 98

Troyen Brennan, 61

Executive vice president and chief medical officer

CVS Health

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Rank 99

Debra Cafaro, 58

Chairman and CEO

Ventas

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Rank 100

Nancy Howell Agee, 64

President and CEO

Carilion Clinic

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