Healthcare Leadership Council

The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) is funded by all disciplines of American health care, including hospitals, medical device manufacturers, health plans, retail pharmacies, universities and others. The organization's stated mission is "improving the affordability, innovation, and quality of American health care - already the best in the world."

Comprised entirely of CEOs, the council is a policy advocacy organization promoting accessible, affordable, market-based health care. It is active on a variety of issues including coverage for the uninsured, Medicare reform, medical liability reform, patient safety and health information technology.

Funding

The organization's revenue is derived from dues assessed to its members, representing a variety of health care sectors, as mentioned above.

In March 2008, HLC members were:

• Abbott Laboratories
• Aetna
• Amerinet
• AmerisourceBergen Corporation
• Amgen
• Aptuit
• Ascension Health Care
• Assurant Health
• AstraZeneca
• Baxter International
• Baylor Health Care System
• BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
• Cardinal Health, Inc.
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• CVS Caremark
• Eli Lilly & Company
• Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
• Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Inc.
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Hospira, Inc.
• Johnson & Johnson
• Lahey Clinic
• Marshfield Clinic
• Mayo Clinic
• Merck & Company
• McKesson Corporation
• MedAssets, Inc.
• MemorialCare
• [[New York Presbyterian Hospital
• Novo Nordisk
• Pfizer
• Premier, Inc.
• sanofi-aventis
• Texas Health Resources
• Theragenics Corporation
• University of Wisconsin Health
• VHA Inc.
• Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Contact Details

Healthcare Leadership Council
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Suite 550 South
Washington, D.C. 20004
Phone: 202/452-8700
Fax: 202/296-9561
Website: http://www.hlc.org/html