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20 Amy Berman Jackson. U.S. District Judge for the District of Colum- bia. Judge Jackson will rule on the proposed $54 billion Anthem-Cigna merger, which would reshape the market for employer-provided health coverage. Regina Herzlinger. Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Ad- ministration at the Harvard Business School (Boston). Ms. Herzlinger, the first woman to be chaired at Harvard Business School, is known as the "godmother" of consumer-driven healthcare for her work's role in ushering consumer-driven health plans into the industry. Chris Holden. President and CEO of Envision Healthcare Corp. (Greenwood Village, Colo.). Envision Healthcare Corp., an S&P 500 company, was formed in December when Envision Healthcare Holdings merged with AmSurg Corp., which Mr. Holden previously headed as CEO before taking the helm of the newly formed organization. Anupam B. Jena, MD. Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy at Harvard Medical School (Boston). In 2016, Dr. Jena led a study that found female physicians at some of the nation's most prominent public medical schools earn nearly $20,000 less a year on average than their male colleagues. e analysis, published in JAMA, attracted national attention. R. Milton Johnson. Chairman and CEO of Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.). Not only does Mr. Johnson lead HCA, a for-profit health system boasting more than 35,245 staffed beds as of June 2016, he also was named chairman-elect of the board of the Fed- eration of American Hospitals in 2016, with his term beginning in 2017. Darrell G. Kirch, MD. President and CEO of the Association of Amer- ican Medical Colleges (Washington, D.C.). Dr. Kirch leads the AAMC, which represents all 147 accredited medical schools and nearly 400 teaching hospitals in the United States. e organization is the definitive source of analysis on the physician shortage, which is expected to range between 61,700 and 94,700 physicians over the next decade, according to its most recent analysis. Vivian Lee, MD, PhD. CEO of University of Utah Health Care (Salt Lake City). In addition to her CEO role overseeing a system with a trade- mark focus on price transparency, Dr. Lee is also senior vice president for health sciences at the University of Utah and dean of the universi- ty's school of medicine. She is a prolific writer, penning more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and a textbook. Kevin Loon. CEO of Catholic Health Initiatives (Englewood, Colo.). Mr. Loon oversees CHI, one of the nation's largest health systems with 103 hospitals and $16 billion in revenue, and is looking for new ways to grow its footprint. e system signed an agreement with San Francis- co-based Dignity Health in October 2016 to explore aligning the orga- nizations. Loretta Lynch. 83rd Attorney General of the United States (Washing- ton, D.C.). Ms. Lynch oversaw record-breaking healthcare fraud busts in 2016, including case involving 301 suspects who were charged with defrauding Medicare of $900 million. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Senate Majority Leader (Washington, D.C.). Sen. McConnell, the Senate majority leader, has led the push in Congress to repeal the ACA. With a Republican majority and president in 2017, the repeal of the healthcare reform law is all but a foregone conclusion. Redonda Miller, MD. President of Johns Hopkins Hospital (Balti- more). Dr. Miller was appointed to her current position in May 2016, making her the first female president of the hospital in its 127-year his- tory. Patty Murray, D-Wash. U.S. Senator and Member of the Health, Ed- ucation, Labor & Pensions Committee. Sen. Murray made healthcare headlines in 2016 as she led the charge for answers from scope makers aer superbug infections related to the devices broke out in several U.S. hospitals. Elizabeth Nabel, MD. President of Brigham and Women's Health Care (Boston). In 2016, Dr. Nabel presided over the opening of Brigham and Women's new 14-floor Transformative Medicine facility, directed nearly $350 million in National Institutes of Health funding and marked her first full year as the National Football League's first chief health and medical adviser. John Noseworthy, MD. President and CEO of Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Dr. Noseworthy is at the helm of the Mayo Clinic, the No. 1 overall hospital in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. Barack Obama. 44th President of the United States. President Obama sign the ACA into law in 2010 that continues to impact healthcare today. In December 2016, he signed the 21st Century Cures Act, a wide-ranging bill that increases funding for cancer research, expands access to mental healthcare and aims to combat the opioid abuse epidemic. Neal Patterson. Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder of Cerner. Mr. Patterson founded Cerner with two colleagues in 1979 and remains a leader at the company, which recorded $4.43 billion in revenue in 2015. Mr. Patterson is currently undergoing treatment for so tissue cancer, which has radically changed his understanding of the patient ex- perience. Rep. Tom Price, MD, R-Ga. Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Price, an or- thopedic surgeon and Republican representative from Georgia, who is staunchly opposed to the ACA, to head HHS. Dr. Price is in a position to play a large role in the Trump administration's plan to repeal and replace the healthcare reform law. Edith Ramirez. Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Ms. Ramirez became chairwoman of the FTC in March 2013 and has focused on promoting competition in the healthcare sector since then, expressing concern over hospital consolidation and challenging mergers in several instances. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker Ryan leads the majority party in the House of Representatives and is a proponent of repealing the ACA. He penned his own replacement plan, e Patients' Choice Act. Andy Slavitt. Acting Administrator of CMS (Baltimore, Md.). Mr. Slavitt took on his current role at CMS in February with the stated goal of continuing to improve America's healthcare system with a "smarter payment system that keeps people healthier." Wayne Smith. Chairman and CEO of Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.). Mr. Smith heads up one of the largest for-profit sys- tems in the U.S., though it has gotten smaller of late — in April 2016, CHS spun off a group of 38 hospitals and a management and consulting firm to create Quorum Health Corp., and has been selling off other hos- pitals to drive down debt. David Strong, President and CEO of Orlando Health, and Daryl Tol, President and CEO of Florida Hospital. Weeks aer the June shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, Mr. Strong and Mr. Tol announced their health systems would absorb the medical bills for care patients' health insurance did not cover. is spared victims at least $5.5 million in med- ical bills. Joe Swedish. CEO of Anthem (Indianapolis). Mr. Swedish sits at the helm of Anthem, the nation's leading health benefits provider serving