Chip Kahn

During a career that has spanned more than five decades in Washington, Chip Kahn has earned the reputation as one of the nation’s most impactful health policy influencers. Since 2001, he has served as the President and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, the national advocacy organization for tax paying hospitals. Previously, he was the President and CEO of the Health Insurance Association of America where he served an earlier stint as Executive Vice President.   

Chip also had a long and distinguished career as a professional staffer in the US Congress, specializing in health care financing and delivery policy. He worked many years both in the Senate and the House of Representatives and from 1995-1998 as staff director for the Health Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee and played a key role in writing the most significant health legislation of that period. Chip is a founding member and co-chair of the Future of Health community. A group that brings together senior leaders from leading health organizations around the world with the objective of advancing health and care delivery for 2030 and beyond.Chip was a co-founder and principal of the former Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA), a private-public partnership, and for many years he served as a co-chair of the National Quality Forum’s Measure Application Partnership’s Coordinating Committee. He is the only health care leader who has appeared on Modern Healthcare magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” annual list since its inception 23 years ago, and his professional experience combined with volunteer efforts led to him being honored with the B’nai B’rith National Health Care Award in 2016. He frequently writes about the topic of health care performance measurement in publications such as Health Affairs, as well as serving on the boards of several companies and foundations. 

Chip earned his BA from Johns Hopkins University and an MPH from Tulane University and has taught health policy at both universities as well as George Washington University.