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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(tied)

    John McCain, 80

    (R-Ariz.)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 1(tied)

    Lisa Murkowski, 60

    (R-Alaska)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 1 (tied)

    Susan Collins, 64

    (R-Maine)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 4

    Bernard Tyson, 58

    Chairman and CEO

    Kaiser Permanente

    Rank 5

    Anthony Tersigni, 67

    President and CEO

    Ascension Health

    Rank 6

    Paul Ryan, 47

    House speaker

    U.S. House of Representatives

    Rank 7

    Donald Trump, 71

    President

    United States

    Rank 8

    Mark Bertolini, 61

    Chairman and CEO

    Aetna

    Rank 9

    Rick Pollack, 61

    President and CEO

    American Hospital Association

    Rank 10

    R. Milton Johnson, 60

    Chairman and CEO

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank 11

    Toby Cosgrove, 76

    Outgoing president and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank 12

    Mitch McConnell, 75

    Majority leader

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 13

    Tom Price, 62

    Secretary

    HHS

    Rank 14

    Joseph Swedish, 65

    Chairman, President and CEO

    Anthem

    Rank 15

    Seema Verma, 46

    Administrator

    CMS

    Rank 16

    John Noseworthy, 65

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank 17

    Trevor Fetter, 57

    Chairman and CEO

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Rank 18

    Marilyn Tavenner, 66

    President and CEO

    America's Health Insurance Plans

    Rank 19

    Eugene Woods, 52

    President and CEO

    Carolinas HealthCare System

    Rank 20

    James Madara

    Executive VP and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank 21

    Lloyd Dean, 66

    President and CEO

    Dignity Health

    Rank 22

    Stephen Ubl, 48

    President and CEO

    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

    Rank 23

    Nancy Howell Agee, 65

    President and CEO

    Carilion Clinic

    Rank 24

    David Feinberg, 55

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank 25

    Rod Hochman, 62

    President and CEO

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Rank 26

    A. Marc Harrison, 53

    President and CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank 27

    Deborah DiSanzo, 57

    General manager

    IBM Watson Health

    Rank 28

    Chip Kahn, 65

    President and CEO

    Federation of American Hospitals

    Rank 29

    Richard Gilfillan, 67

    President and CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank 30

    Sarah Krevans, 57

    President and CEO

    Sutter Health

    Rank 31

    Kent Thiry, 61

    Chairman and CEO

    DaVita HealthCare Partners

    Rank 32

    Shelley Moore Capito, 63

    (R-W.Va)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 33

    Rand Paul, 54

    (R-Ky)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 34

    Judith Faulkner, 73

    Founder and CEO

    Epic Systems Corp.

    Rank 35

    David Torchiana

    President and CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank 36

    Laurie Glimcher, 65

    President and CEO

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Rank 37

    Paula Steiner, 58

    President and CEO

    Health Care Service Corp.

    Rank 38

    Michael Dowling, 68

    President and CEO

    Northwell Health

    Rank 39

    Peter Fine, 65

    President and CEO

    Banner Health

    Rank 40

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman and CEO

    Virginia Mason

    Rank 41

    David Shulkin, 58

    Secretary

    Veterans Affairs Department

    Rank 42

    Larry Renfro, 63

    CEO

    Optum

    Rank 43

    Peter Lee

    Executive director

    Covered California

    Rank 44

    Drew Altman

    President and CEO

    Kaiser Family Foundation

    Rank 45

    Carol Keehan, 73

    President and CEO

    Catholic Health Association

    Rank 46

    Wayne Smith, 71

    Chairman and CEO

    Community Health Systems

    Rank 47

    Ted Cruz, 46

    (R-Texas)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 48

    Stephen Hemsley, 65

    Outgoing CEO

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank 49

    Joseph Jimenez, 58

    CEO

    Novartis

    Rank 50

    Deborah Bowen, 61

    President and CEO

    American College of Healthcare Executives

    Rank 51

    Halee Fischer-Wright, 48

    President and CEO

    Medical Group Management Association

    Rank 52

    Atul Gawande, 51

    Author, surgeon, professor

    Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health

    Rank 53

    Matt Bevin, 50

    Governor

    State of Kentucky

    Rank 54

    Pamela Cipriano, 63

    President

    American Nurses Association

    Rank 55

    Rob Portman, 61

    (R-Ohio)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 56

    Dean Heller, 61

    (R-Nev.)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 57

    Jim Hinton, 58

    President and CEO

    Baylor Scott and White Health

    Rank 58

    David Cordani, 51

    President and CEO

    Cigna Corp.

    Rank 59

    Marna Borgstrom, 63

    President and CEO

    Yale New Haven Health System

    Rank 60

    Susan DeVore, 57

    President and CEO

    Premier

    Rank 61

    Benjamin Breier, 44

    President and CEO

    Kindred Healthcare

    Rank 62

    Chris Van Gorder, 62

    President and CEO

    Scripps Health

    Rank 63

    Curt Nonomaque, 60

    President and CEO

    Vizient

    Rank 64

    Pat Toomey, 55

    (R-Pa.)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 65

    Patrick Conway, 42

    Outgoing deputy administrator for innovation and quality

    CMS

    Rank 66

    Georges Benjamin, 65

    Executive director

    American Public Health Association

    Rank 67

    Mark Chassin, 70

    President and CEO

    Joint Commission

    Rank 68

    Bruce Siegel', 56

    President and CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

    Rank 69

    John Hammergren, 58

    Chairman, president and CEO

    McKesson Corp.

    Rank 70

    Francis Collins, 67

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank 71

    Tejal Gandhi, 49

    Chief clinical and safety officer

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank 72

    Margaret O'Kane, 69

    Founder and president

    National Committee for Quality Assurance

    Rank 73

    William Carpenter, 62

    Chairman and CEO

    LifePoint Health

    Rank 74

    A. Eugene Washington, 66

    President and CEO

    Duke University Health System

    Rank 75

    Craig Thompson, 64

    President and CEO

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Rank 76

    Wright Lassiter III, 54

    CEO

    Henry Ford Health System

    Rank 77

    Jonathan Perlin, 56

    President of clinical services and chief medical officer

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank 78

    Jeffrey Romoff, 71

    President and CEO

    UPMC

    Rank 79

    Stefano Pessina, 76

    Executive vice chairman and CEO

    Walgreens Boots Alliance

    Rank 80

    Michael Fisher, 58

    President and CEO

    Cincinnati Children's

    Rank 81

    Kenneth Raske, 70

    President and CEO

    Greater New York Hospital Association

    Rank 82

    Paul Rothman, 59

    CEO

    Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Rank 83

    Alan Miller, 79

    Chairman and CEO

    Universal Health Services

    Rank 84

    Madeline Bell, 55

    President and CEO

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Rank 85

    Stephen Klasko, 63

    President and CEO

    Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

    Rank 86

    William Roper, 68

    CEO

    UNC Health Care System

    Rank 87

    Howard Kern

    President and CEO

    Sentara Healthcare

    Rank 88

    James Skogsbergh, 59

    President and CEO

    Advocate Health Care

    Rank 89

    Prem Reddy, 69

    Chairman and CEO

    Prime Healthcare Services

    Rank 90

    Randy Oostra, 62

    President and CEO

    ProMedica Health System

    Rank 91

    Debra Cafaro, 59

    Chairman and CEO

    Ventas

    Rank 92

    Patrick Soon-Shiong, 64

    Chairman and CEO

    NantHealth

    Rank 93

    Patricia Maryland

    Executive VP, Ascension; president and CEO, Ascension Healthcare

    Ascension Health

    Rank 94

    Steven Safyer, 68

    President and CEO

    Montefiore Medicine

    Rank 95

    Larry Merlo, 61

    CEO

    CVS Health

    Rank 96

    Nick Turkal, 61

    President and CEO

    Aurora Health Care

    Rank 97

    Michael Riordan, 55

    CEO

    Greenville Health System

    Rank 98

    Mark Tarr, 55

    President and CEO

    HealthSouth Corp.

    Rank 99

    Ernie Sadau, 56

    President and CEO

    Christus Health

    Rank 100

    Christine Cassel, 71

    Planning dean

    Kaiser Permanente's new School of Medicine

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