A managing director in Corporate and Government Ratings at Standard & Poor's, Martin Arrick is the sector leader and group spokesman for the not-for-profit healthcare group. He manages a team of health care analysts throughout the country and is actively involved in all aspects of Standard & Poor's health care practice, including criteria development and serves as chair for many health care committees. He is also active in Standard & Poor's long-term care practice. He is the primary analyst for a number of national and regional health systems including Partners HealthCare System, Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Ascension Health, as well as a number of public and privatized hospital systems such as New York City Health and Hospital Corp. He chairs many of Standard & Poor's international healthcare credits as well. Martin was recently ranked 21st in Modern Health's list of the 100 most influential people in the healthcare sector, as well as being named to Smith's all-star research team. He has authored numerous publications and special reports on the health care sector, and is a member of the Health Care Finance Forum, a cross sector "think tank" of professionals in health care finance.