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100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2016

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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

    Barack Obama, 55

    President

    United States

    Rank 2

    Bernard Tyson, 57

    Chairman and CEO

    Kaiser Permanente

    Rank 3

    Anthony Tersigni, 66

    President and CEO

    Ascension Health

    Rank 4

    Mark Bertolini, 60

    Chairman and CEO

    Aetna

    Rank 5

    Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 51

    Secretary

    HHS

    Rank 6

    R. Milton Johnson, 59

    Chairman and CEO

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank 7

    Stephen Hemsley, 63

    President and CEO

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank 8

    Rick Pollack, 66

    President and CEO

    American Hospital Association

    Rank 9

    Marilyn Tavenner, 65

    President and CEO

    America's Health Insurance Plans

    Rank 10

    Andy Slavitt, 49

    Acting administrator

    CMS

    Rank 11

    Loretta Lynch, 57

    U.S. attorney general

    U.S. Justice Department

    Rank 12

    Joseph Swedish, 64

    Chairman, president and CEO

    Anthem

    Rank 13

    Paul Ryan, 46

    House Speaker

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Rank 14

    Trevor Fetter, 56

    Chairman and CEO

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Rank 15

    Bernie Sanders, 74

    U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 16

    Lloyd Dean, 65

    President and CEO

    Dignity Health

    Rank 17

    Stephen Ubl

    President and CEO

    PhRMA

    Rank 18

    Kent Thiry, 60

    Chairman and CEO

    DaVita HealthCare Partners

    Rank 19

    John Roberts, 61

    Chief Justice

    U.S. Supreme Court

    Rank 20

    Kevin Lofton, 61

    CEO

    Catholic Health Initiatives

    Rank 21

    Chip Kahn, 64

    President and CEO

    Federation of American Hospitals

    Rank 22

    Judith Faulkner, 72

    Founder and CEO

    Epic Systems Corp.

    Rank 23

    Wayne Smith, 70

    Chairman and CEO

    Community Health Systems

    Rank 24

    Pamela Cipriano, 62

    President

    American Nurses Association

    Rank 25

    Peter Fine, 64

    President and CEO

    Banner Health

    Rank 26

    Patrick Conway, 42

    Deputy administrator; chief medical officer

    CMS

    Rank 27

    Andrew Gurman

    President

    American Medical Association

    Rank 28

    Thomas Frieden, 56

    Director

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Rank 29

    Toby Cosgrove, 76

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank 30

    John Noseworthy, 64

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank 31

    Karen Desalvo, 51

    Acting assistant secretary for health

    HHS

    Rank 32

    Mitch McConnell, 74

    Majority leader

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 33

    Carol Keehan, 72

    President and CEO

    Catholic Health Association

    Rank 34

    James Skogsbergh, 58

    President and CEO

    Advocate Health Care

    Rank 35

    John Edwards, 50

    Governor

    Louisiana governer

    Rank 36

    Robert McDonald, 63

    Secretary

    U.S. Veterans Affairs Department

    Rank 37

    David Torchiana, 61

    President and CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank 38

    Richard Gilfillan, 66

    President and CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank 39

    Beverly Malone, 68

    CEO

    National League for Nursing

    Rank 40

    Alan Miller, 78

    Chairman and CEO

    Universal Health Services

    Rank 41

    Atul Gawande, 50

    Professor, author, speaker

    Harvard Medical School

    Rank 42

    Rodney Hochman, 60

    President and CEO

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Rank 43

    Donald Fisher, 70

    President and CEO

    American Medical Group Association

    Rank 44

    Gary Kaplan, 64

    Chairman and CEO

    Virginia Mason

    Rank 45

    Scott Serota, 60

    President and CEO

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

    Rank 46

    RoseAnn DeMoro, 67

    Executive director

    National Nurses United

    Rank 47

    Georges Benjamin, 64

    Executive director

    American Public Health Association

    Rank 48

    Deborah Bowen, 60

    President and CEO

    American College of Healthcare Executives

    Rank 49

    Kenneth Raske, 69

    President and CEO

    Greater New York Hospital Association

    Rank 50

    Susan DeVore, 56

    President and CEO

    Premier

    Rank 51

    Halee Fischer-Wright, 48

    President and CEO

    Medical Group Management Association

    Rank 52

    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, 62

    President and CEO

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Rank 53

    Francis Collins, 66

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank 54

    Anthony Kennedy, 80

    Associate justice

    U.S. Supreme Court

    Rank 55

    Ram Raju, 65

    President and CEO

    New York City Health and Hospitals Corp

    Rank 56

    Bill Carpenter, 61

    Chairman and CEO

    LifePoint Health

    Rank 57

    David Cordani, 50

    President and CEO

    Cigna Corp.

    Rank 58

    Sarah Krevans, 56

    President and CEO

    Sutter Health

    Rank 59

    Wright Lassiter, 52

    President, incoming CEO

    Henry Ford Health System

    Rank 60

    Neal Patterson, 66

    Chairman and CEO

    Cerner Corp.

    Rank 61

    Robert Califf, 65

    Commissioner

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration

    Rank 62

    Mario Molina, 57

    President and CEO

    Molina Healthcare

    Rank 63

    Benjamin Breier, 44

    President and CEO

    Kindred Healthcare

    Rank 64

    Joseph Mullany, 52

    President

    Detroit Medical Center

    Rank 65

    Mark Chassin, 69

    President and CEO

    Joint Commission

    Rank 66

    David Blumenthal, 68

    President

    Commonwealth Fund

    Rank 67

    Eugene Woods, 51

    President and CEO

    Carolinas HealthCare System

    Rank 68

    John Hammergren, 57

    Chairman, president and CEO

    McKesson Corp.

    Rank 69

    Margaret O'Kane, 68

    Founder and CEO

    National Committee for Quality Assurance

    Rank 70

    Cecile Richards, 59

    President

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America

    Rank 71

    Scott Whitaker

    President and CEO

    Advanced Medical Technology Association

    Rank 72

    David Hebert

    CEO

    American Association of Nurse Practitioners

    Rank 73

    Vivek Murthy, 39

    Surgeon general

    U.S. Public Health Service

    Rank 74

    Chris Van Gorder, 63

    President and CEO

    Scripps Health

    Rank 75

    Joel Allison, 68

    CEO

    Baylor Scott and White Health

    Rank 76

    Michael Dowling, 67

    President and CEO

    Northwell Health

    Rank 77

    Tejal Gandhi, 48

    President and CEO

    National Patient Safety Foundation

    Rank 78

    Jonathan Perlin, 55

    President of clinical services and chief medical officer

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank 79

    Prem Reddy, 68

    Chairman and CEO

    Prime Healthcare Services

    Rank 80

    Joseph Fifer, 56

    President and CEO

    Healthcare Financial Management Association

    Rank 81

    Drew Altman

    President and CEO

    Kaiser Family Foundation

    Rank 82

    Benjamin Chu

    President and CEO

    Memorial Hermann Health System

    Rank 83

    Robert Wachter, 58

    Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine

    University of California at San Francisco

    Rank 84

    Barclay Berdan

    CEO

    Texas Health Resources

    Rank 85

    David Feinberg, 53

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank 86

    Jay Grinney, 65

    President and CEO

    HealthSouth Corp.

    Rank 87

    Suzanne Delbanco

    Executive Director

    Catalyst for Payment Reform

    Rank 88

    Eugene Washington

    President and CEO

    Duke University Health System

    Rank 89

    Matt Bevin, 49

    Governor

    State of Kentucky

    Rank 90

    Steven Safyer, 67

    President and CEO

    Montefiore Health System

    Rank 91

    Ernie Sadau

    President and CEO

    Christus Health

    Rank 92

    Mary Brainerd, 62

    President and CEO

    HealthPartners

    Rank 93

    Ronald DePinho, 61

    President

    MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Rank 94

    Bruce Siegel, 55

    President and CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

    Rank 95

    Leah Binder, 53

    President and CEO

    Leapfrog Group

    Rank 96

    Patrick Soon-Shiong, 64

    Chairman and CEO

    NantHealth

    Rank 97

    Victor Dzau, 71

    President

    National Academy of Medicine

    Rank 98

    Troyen Brennan, 61

    Executive vice president and chief medical officer

    CVS Health

    Rank 99

    Debra Cafaro, 58

    Chairman and CEO

    Ventas

    Rank 100

    Nancy Howell Agee, 64

    President and CEO

    Carilion Clinic

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