The heads of two Connecticut-based insurance companies and one hospital system made this year’s Modern Healthcare list of “The 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.”
Mark Bertolini, chairman and CEO of Aetna, was No. 8; David Cordani, president and CEO of Cigna Corp. was No. 58; and Marna Borgstrom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health System and Yale New Haven Hospital, was No. 59.
No. 1 was U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who cast the final and decisive no vote on July 28 effectively killing the GOP’s latest bid to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Modern Healthcare said. The vote came days after McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer.
The list was chosen from more than 6,800 nominations. The final ballot comprised 300 candidates based on those nominations, with readers then voting for their top five candidates. Readers’ votes counted toward half of the final outcome and the senior editors at Modern Healthcare accounted for the other half to determine the final list and ranking, the publication said.
