100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2016
Rank 43
Donald Fisher,
70
President and CEO, American Medical Group Association
- Compensation: $913,752 - according to (2014 IRS Form 990)
- Years on list: 4
Fisher has been the head of AMGA since 1980 and over that time has helped it grow into the leading trade association for multispecialty medical groups, with 1 in 3 U.S. patients under the care of its 170,000 physician members. In recent years Fisher has overseen the organization's role in providing aid to its members on a number of key issues. Its top initiatives now include preparing members for upcoming changes to the way they are reimbursed by Medicare under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.