100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2017

• Compensation: $1,715,275 - according to 2016

• Years on list: 2

Woods became chairman of the American Hospital Association this year. He took the helm of Carolinas HealthCare System, based in Charlotte, N.C., in 2016. There he oversees more than 60,000 full- and part-time employees, providing care through more than 11.5 million patient encounters per year at more than 900 care locations in North and South Carolina.