100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2018

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)

Bernard Tyson

Chairman and CEO

Kaiser Permanente

Rank 2(tied)

Marc Harrison

President and CEO

Intermountain Healthcare

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 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, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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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