At the end of each year Modern Healthcare names the 100 Most Influential People from that year. The 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare awards & recognition program honors individuals in healthcare who are deemed by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare to be the most influential individuals in the industry, in terms of leadership and impact. This program allows for readers to vote for their top choices and selected honorees will be published in Modern Healthcare’s annual ranking. This year, President and CEO of Sanford Health, Bill Gassen was named among the 100 Most Influential People of 2023, ranking 32 on the list. The complete ranking can be found in the Dec. 4 issue of Modern Healthcare magazine, and profiles of all the honorees are available online.
This marks two-consecutive years that Gassen has been named to this list. Others on the 2023 list include:
- President Joe Biden
- Xavier Becerra, Department of Health and Human Services
- Karen Lynch, president and CEO of CVS Health
- Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Greg Adams, Chair/CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals
- Gianrico Farrugia, President/CEO, Mayo Clinic
- Mark Cuban, Co-Founder, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co.
- Neil Lindsay, SVP, Amazon Health Services, Amazon
- Rick Pollack, President/CEO, American Hospital Association
- Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Office, Google
- And more
To read the full press release submitted by Sanford Health, click here.
To view Modern Healthcare’s press release featuring Gassen, click here.