Tony Paquin has been nominated to the final ballot of this years 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare Magazine. Just under 56,000 nominations were received from April 5 through May 7, and the ballot of 300 candidates is based on those nominations.

Below is a short excerpt from Paquin Healthcare’s CEO Tony Paquin:


One of the reasons Americans have become consumers is that those who Pay and who Provide healthcare have changed, and patients have been forced to adapt. Even if you chose to be only a patient, the modern healthcare industry has virtually eliminated that option.


In prior generations, people needing healthcare were strictly seen as Patients. Doctors prescribed medication, hospitals provided care, and insurance companies paid the bills. Today, however, with the shift towards HSA, co-pays, uninsured and under insureds, people are also Payors, constantly paying for their own healthcare when the Payor term once referred only to insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid. Every time you submit a co-pay you’re a Payor, and with each passing year consumers are slowly becoming responsible for more of the traditional Payor’s responsibility.