Let the great debate begin. Modern Healthcare has released its annual 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare, and I count four locals on their list.
The highest ranking is Joel Allison, president and CEO of Baylor Health Care System, at No. 29. Right behind him are Doug Hawthorne, CEO of Texas Health Resources (No. 31), and Dean Wilkerson, executive director of the American College of Emergency Physicians (No. 37).
But poor Trevor Fetter. The president and CEO of Tenet Healthcare was the 14th most powerful person in health care just last year. Now he’s fallen all the way to No. 53. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family today.