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August 23, 2010 01:00 AM

100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare - 2010

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    1. Barack ObamaPresident of the United States,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    2. Kathleen SebeliusSecretary, HHS, Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Pelosi
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    Baucus
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    Keehan
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    Orszag
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    7. Carolyn ClancyDirector,Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,Rockville, Md.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    8. Bill GatesChairman, Microsoft Corp.; co-founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,Seattle100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    9. Henry WaxmanU.S. representative (D-Calif.); chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee,U.S. House of Representatives,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Ginsburg
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    Grassley
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    Reid
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    Berwick
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    16. Arnold SchwarzeneggerOutgoing governor,State of California,Sacramento100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Gingrich
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    18. Mary Kay HenryPresident,Service Employees International Union,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    19. Sister Mary Jean RyanChairwoman and CEO,SSM Health Care,St. Louis100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    20. Nancy-Ann DeParleDirector,White House Office of Health Reform,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    21. Karen IgnagniPresident and CEO,America's Health Insurance Plans,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    22. Bruce YarwoodPresident and CEO, American Health Care Association, Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    23. Joel AllisonPresident and CEO, Baylor Health Care System,Dallas100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    24. Lloyd DeanPresident and CEO,Catholic Healthcare West,San Francisco100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Fetter
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    26. Richard FeinsteinDirector, Bureau of Competition,Federal Trade Commission,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    27. Mary WakefieldAdministrator,Health Resources and Services Administration,Rockville, Md.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Williams
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    29. Beverly MaloneCEO,National League for Nursing,New York100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    White
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    Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is among the 18 newcomers this year.
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    Hackbarth
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    33. Pamela ThompsonCEO,American Organization of Nurse Executives,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    President and CEO,Kaiser Family Foundation,Menlo Park, Calif.100 Most Influential Home Page »
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    Wolterman
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    37. Rebecca PattonPresident,American Nurses Association,Silver Spring, Md.
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    38. Scott ArmstrongPresident and CEO,Group Health Cooperative,Seattle100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    39. Gary NewsomePresident and CEO,Health Management Associates,Naples, Fla.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Smith
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    41. William CarpenterPresident and CEO,LifePoint Hospitals,Brentwood, Tenn.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Kahn
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    43. Stuart AltmanSol C. Chaikin professor of national health policy,Brandeis University,Waltham, Mass.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Umbdenstock
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    Shinseki
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    46. Kathy WaryeCEO,Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Bates
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    48. Barbara Crane President,National Federation of Nurses,Seattle100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    49. Richard Bracken Chairman and CEO,HCA,Nashville100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    President, Institute of Medicine, Washington100 Most Influential Home Page »
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    52. Angela BralyChairman, president and CEO,WellPoint,Indianapolis100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    52. Angela BralyChairman, president and CEO,WellPoint,Indianapolis100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    54. Richard ClarkePresident and CEO,Healthcare Financial Management Association,Westchester, Ill.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    54. Richard ClarkePresident and CEO,Healthcare Financial Management Association,Westchester, Ill.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Varney
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    Benjamin
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    Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark
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    59. Karen DavisPresident, Commonwealth Fund,New York100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    59. Karen DavisPresident, Commonwealth Fund,New York100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    60. Michael ConnellyPresident and CEO,Catholic Healthcare Partners,Cincinnati100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    61. Mark ChassinPresident,Joint Commission,Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    62. Christine CasselPresident and CEO,American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation,Philadelphia100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    63. Uwe ReinhardtJames Madison professor of political economy,Princeton (N.J.) University100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    President and CEO,Scripps Health,San Diego100 Most Influential Home Page »
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    McCallister
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    66. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey President and CEO,Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    67. Rose Ann DeMoroExecutive director,National Nurses United;national vice president, AFL-CIO,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    68. Linda AikenDirector, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research,University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    69. John GoodmanPresident and CEO,National Center for Policy Analysis,Dallas100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Halvorson
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    Foster
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    72. Robert WachterChief, division of hospital medicine,University of California at San Francisco100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    73. Robert Moffit Senior fellow,Heritage Foundation, Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Tersigni
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    Corrigan
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    Halamandaris
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    79. Charles MartinChairman and CEO,Vanguard Health Systems,Nashville100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Thiry
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    81. Paul DiazPresident and CEO,Kindred Healthcare,Louisville, Ky.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    83. Angela GardnerPresident, American College of Emergency Physicians,Irving, Texas100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Dolan
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    Jessee
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    Maves
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    Lieber
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    Serota
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    Swedish
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    90. James GuestPresident and CEO,Consumers Union,Yonkers, N.Y.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Frieden
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    93. Alan MillerChairman and CEO,Universal Health Services,King of Prussia, Pa.100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Grinney
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    Roubideaux
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    Binder
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    97. Geraldine “Polly” BednashCEO and executive director,American Association of Colleges of Nursing,Washington100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    Roper
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    99. Emad RizkPresident,McKesson Health Solutions,Boston100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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    100. Sanjay GuptaMedical/healthcare correspondent,CNN,Atlanta100 Most Powerful Home Page »
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