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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

    Donald Trump

    President

    United States

    Rank 2(tied)

    Rod Hochman

    President and CEO

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Rank 2(tied)

    Mark Bertolini

    Chairman and CEO

    Aetna

    Rank 2(tied)

    Stephen Klasko

    President and CEO

    Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

    Rank 2(tied)

    Jeff Bezos

    Chairman and CEO

    Amazon

    Rank 2(tied)

    Larry Merlo

    President and CEO

    CVS Health

    Rank 2(tied)

    Bruce Broussard

    President and CEO

    Humana

    Rank 2(tied)

    Larry Renfro

    Vice chairman, UnitedHealth Group; founder and managing partner, Optum Ventures

    Rank 2(tied)

    Tim Cook

    CEO

    Apple

    Rank 2(tied)

    Anthony Tersigni

    President and CEO

    Ascension Health

    Rank 2(tied)

    David Feinberg

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank 2(tied)

    Bernard Tyson

    Chairman and CEO

    Kaiser Permanente

    Rank 2(tied)

    Marc Harrison

    President and CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank 14

    R. Milton Johnson

    Chairman and CEO

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank 15

    Alex Azar

    Secretary

    HHS

    Rank 16(tied)

    Jim Skogsbergh

    Co-president and Co-CEO

    Advocate Aurora Health

    Rank 16(tied)

    Nick Turkal

    Co-president and Co-CEO

    Advocate Aurora Health

    Rank 18

    Seema Verma

    Administrator

    CMS

    Rank 19

    Scott Gottlieb

    Commissioner

    Food and Drug Administration

    Rank 20

    Lloyd Dean

    President and CEO

    Dignity Health

    Rank 21

    Rick Pollack

    President and CEO

    American Hospital Association

    Rank 22

    Richard Gilfillan

    CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank 23

    Gail Boudreaux

    President and CEO

    Anthem

    Rank 24

    Stefano Pessina

    Executive vice chairman and CEO

    Walgreens Boots Alliance

    Rank 25

    Eugene Woods

    President and CEO

    Atrium Health

    Rank 26

    David Cordani

    President and CEO

    Cigna

    Rank 27

    Nancy Howell Agee

    President and CEO

    Carilion Clinic

    Rank 28

    Emma Walmsley

    CEO

    GlaxoSmithKline

    Rank 29

    Andrea Walsh

    President and CEO

    HealthPartners

    Rank 30

    Jim Hinton

    CEO

    Baylor Scott and White Health

    Rank 31

    Lamar Alexander

    Chairman, Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 32

    Paula Steiner

    President and CEO

    Health Care Service Corp.

    Rank 33

    Chip Kahn

    President and CEO

    Federation of American Hospitals

    Rank 34

    David Wichmann

    CEO

    UnitedHealth Group

    Maureen Testoni

    Rank 35

    Maureen Testoni

    Interim president and CEO

    340B Health

    Rank 36

    Sachin Jain

    President and CEO

    CareMore Health

    Rank 37

    Atul Gawande

    CEO

    Unnamed Health Venture by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase

    Rank 38

    William Carpenter III

    Chairman and CEO

    LifePoint Health

    Rank 39

    John Noseworthy

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank 40

    Ken Paxton

    Texas attorney general

    Rank 41

    Judith Faulkner

    Founder and CEO

    Epic Systems Corp.

    Rank 42

    Stephen Ubl

    President and CEO

    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

    Rank 43

    Mitch McConnell

    Senate majority leader

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 44

    Michael Dowling

    President and CEO

    Northwell Health

    Rank 45

    James Madara

    Executive vice president and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank 46

    Patricia Maryland

    Executive vice president, Ascension; president and CEO, Ascension Healthcare

    Rank 47

    Drew Altman

    President and CEO

    Kaiser Family Foundation

    Rank 48

    Laurie Glimcher

    President and CEO

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Rank 49

    Rand Paul

    (R-Ky.)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank 50

    Matt Bevin

    Governor

    State of Kentucky

    Rank 51

    Peter Fine

    President and CEO

    Banner Health

    Rank 52

    Patrick Conway

    President and CEO

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

    Rank 53

    David Torchiana

    President and CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank 54

    Wright Lassiter III

    President and CEO

    Henry Ford Health System

    Rank 55

    Donald Rucker

    National coordinator for health information technology

    HHS

    Rank 56

    Peter Lee

    Executive director

    Covered California

    Rank 57

    Madeline Bell

    President and CEO

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Rank 58

    Howard Kern

    President and CEO

    Sentara Healthcare

    Rank 59

    Xavier Becerra

    California attorney general

    Rank 60

    Paul Rothman

    CEO

    Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Rank 61

    Thomas Zenty III

    CEO

    University Hospitals

    Rank 62

    Steve Nelson

    CEO

    UnitedHealthcare

    Rank 63

    Alan Miller

    Chairman and CEO

    Universal Health Services

    Rank 64

    Kent Thiry

    Chairman and CEO

    DaVita

    Rank 65

    Mark Ganz

    President and CEO

    Cambia Health Solutions

    Rank 66

    Byron Jobe

    President and CEO

    Vizient

    Rank 67

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman and CEO

    Virginia Mason

    Rank 68

    Scott Serota

    President and CEO

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

    Rank 69

    Pamela Cipriano

    President

    American Nurses Association

    Rank 70

    Deborah DiSanzo

    General manager

    IBM Watson Health

    Rank 71

    Michael Neidorff

    Chairman and CEO

    Centene Corp.

    Rank 72

    Laura Kaiser

    President and CEO

    SSM Health Care

    Rank 73

    Wayne Smith

    Chairman and CEO

    Community Health Systems

    Rank 74

    Mario Schlosser

    CEO

    Oscar Health

    Rank 75

    Eric Topol

    Founder and director

    Scripps Translational Science Institute

    Rank 76

    Joanne Conroy

    President and CEO

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

    Rank 77

    Kevin Lofton

    CEO

    Catholic Health Initiatives

    Rank 78

    Susan DeVore

    President and CEO

    Premier

    Rank 79

    Georges Benjamin

    Executive director

    American Public Health Association

    Rank 80

    Tejal Gandhi

    Chief clinical and safety officer

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank 81

    Deborah Bowen

    President and CEO

    American College of Healthcare Executives

    Rank 82

    Randy Oostra

    President and CEO

    ProMedica Health System

    Rank 83

    Tomislav Mihaljevic

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank 84

    Mark Chassin

    President and CEO

    Joint Commission

    Rank 85

    Brent Shafer

    Chairman and CEO

    Cerner Corp.

    Rank 86

    Leah Binder

    President and CEO

    Leapfrog Group

    Rank 87

    Steven Corwin

    President and CEO

    New York-Presbyterian

    Rank 88

    Penny Wheeler

    President and CEO

    Allina Health

    Rank 89

    Mark Tarr

    President and CEO

    Encompass Health

    Rank 90

    Kenneth Raske

    President and CEO

    Greater New York Hospital Association

    Rank 91

    Mitchell Katz

    President and CEO

    New York City Health and Hospitals Corp

    Rank 92

    Debra Cafaro

    Chairman and CEO

    Ventas

    Rank 93

    Olivier Brandicourt

    President and CEO

    Sanofi

    Rank 94

    Kenneth Davis

    President and CEO

    Mount Sinai Health System

    Rank 95

    Bruce Siegel

    President and CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

    Rank 96

    Matt Eyles

    President and CEO

    America's Health Insurance Plans

    Rank 97

    Raquel Bono

    Director

    Defense Health Agency

    Rank 98

    Farzad Mostashari

    Co-founder and CEO

    Aledade

    Rank 99

    Derek Feeley

    President and CEO

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank 100

    Mark Schuster

    Founding dean and CEO

    Kaiser Permanente's new School of Medicine

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