100 Most Influential People in Healthcare – 2018
Rank 2(tied)
Bernard Tyson
Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Permanente
Over the past year, Tyson used his platform as one of the industry's most prominent executives to advocate for continued reforms to the healthcare delivery system. During debate over efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, he said the law should serve as a baseline for improving healthcare. Tyson, who has led the integrated health system since 2013, also made improving mental health a priority. Kaiser Permanente is redesigning care models to better integrate mental health in primary care and other settings.