100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2017
Rank 57
Jim Hinton,
58
President and CEO, Baylor Scott and White Health
- Years on list: 3
In January 2017, Hinton became president and CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas by number of hospitals. Hinton previously was president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, a position he held for two decades. Known for helping to build Presbyterian into a statewide integrated delivery network, Hinton worked to grow the Presbyterian Health Plan, which now serves more than 470,000 lives; and he was deeply involved in building the system's medical group.