SLICE OF HEALTHCARE
The definitive rankings of top companies and people shaping healthcare today.
Previous: 1 · Sector: Payer & Services
The nation's largest health insurer continues to dominate across its Optum and UnitedHealthcare divisions, despite ongoing scrutiny over claims practices and its outsized market influence.
Previous: 2 · Sector: Pharmacy & Payer
CVS's integrated model — combining Aetna, Caremark, and its retail pharmacies — keeps it near the top, even as it navigates margin pressure and an evolving primary care strategy.
Previous: 4 · Sector: Health IT
Epic's EHR dominance is unquestioned, and its aggressive push into AI-assisted clinical documentation has solidified its position as the backbone of American hospital infrastructure.
Previous: 3 · Sector: Integrated Health System
Kaiser's integrated model remains the envy of the industry. With its own hospitals, physicians, and insurance under one roof, it continues to lead on outcomes and cost management.
Previous: 5 · Sector: Payer
Formerly Anthem, Elevance continues to grow its Carelon health services unit while expanding its Medicaid and Medicare Advantage footprints across the country.
Previous: NR · Role: HHS Secretary
Now the nation's top health official, RFK Jr. has made sweeping moves on food policy, vaccine advisory panels, and federal health agencies — making him the most consequential healthcare figure in Washington right now.
Previous: 1 · Role: CEO, UnitedHealth Group
Witty took the helm of the world's most powerful health company amid extraordinary turbulence — the assassination of UnitedHealthcare's CEO Brian Thompson sent shockwaves through the industry and put scrutiny on UHG's practices at an all-time high.
Previous: 3 · Role: Founder & CEO, Epic Systems
Faulkner remains one of the most powerful people in healthcare. Her private, employee-owned company controls the medical records of over 300 million Americans — and she has zero intention of selling.
Previous: 4 · Role: CEO, Elevance Health
Boudreaux has quietly built Elevance into one of the most diversified health companies in the country, with Carelon growing into a significant non-insurance revenue driver.
Previous: NR · Role: Surgeon, Author & Policy Voice
With federal health policy in flux, Gawande's voice as a practicing surgeon and leading public health thinker carries more weight than ever — shaping the national conversation on quality, costs, and the role of government in healthcare.