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Date Posted: Aug 2, 2022

Pulaski, Tennessee (August 1, 2022) – Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - Pulaski (STRHS - Pulaski) today announced that Jason Fugleberg has been named chief executive officer (CEO), effective September 5. Fugleberg joins STRHS – Pulaski from its sister facility Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Winchester (STRHS – Winchester), where he has served as chief nursing officer (CNO) since 2020.

Date Posted: Jul 28, 2022

Winchester, TN (July 27, 2022) – Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - Winchester (STRHS - Winchester) announced today that Adam Martin has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective August 22. Martin will also oversee Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Sewanee (STRHS – Sewanee). He joins STRHS – Winchester from its sister facility Southern Tennessee Regional Health System – Lawrenceburg (STRHS – Lawrenceburg), where he has served as CEO since 2019.

Date Posted: Jul 27, 2022

Salt Lake City, Utah – July 27, 2022 – Health Catalyst, Inc. (“Health Catalyst,” Nasdaq: HCAT), a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, today announced a multi-year partnership with LifePoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network that operates 63 community hospital campuses, more than 30 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and 170 additional sites of care from coast to coast.

Date Posted: Jul 25, 2022

Los Alamos, New Mexico (July 20, 2022) – Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) today announced that Tracie Stratton has been named as permanent chief executive officer (CEO). She has served as the hospital’s interim CEO since December 2021.

Date Posted: Jul 18, 2022

​Georgetown Community Hospital is set to anchor a new medical office building with expanded outpatient services, as part of a new 10-acre mixed-use development in Georgetown, Kentucky. The new building will further expand the range of services GCH offers and enhance access to care to continue meeting the health needs of the communities it serves.

Date Posted: Jul 14, 2022

SAN DIEGO and BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – July 14, 2022 - Palomar Health and Kindred Behavioral Health (KBH), a business unit of LifePoint Health, today announced that they have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate the new Palomar Behavioral Health Institute.

Date Posted: Jul 12, 2022

Hartsville, TN (July 12, 2022) – Trousdale Medical Center (TMC), a member of HighPoint Health System, today announced that it has been named a LifePoint Health National Quality Leader. This designation recognizes hospitals within the LifePoint Health system that have enrolled in the LifePoint National Quality Program and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.

Date Posted: Jun 21, 2022

Brentwood, Tenn. (June 21, 2022) – LifePoint Health®, a diversified healthcare delivery network dedicated to its mission of Making Communities Healthier®, today announced that two of the organization’s current leaders have been promoted to new executive leadership roles within the company. Jason Zachariah has been named executive vice president (EVP), chief operating officer (COO), and Aaron Lewis has been named EVP, growth and integrated solutions. These appointments follow the retirement of Victor Giovanetti, who most recently served as president, hospital operations and has been with LifePoint for 9 years.

Date Posted: Jun 17, 2022

Nashville, Tenn. (June 17, 2022) – Ascension Saint Thomas and Kindred Rehabilitation Services, a business unit of Brentwood, Tennessee-based LifePoint Health, today opened Ascension Saint Thomas Rehabilitation Hospital at 310 21st Avenue North on the Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown campus.

Date Posted: Jun 16, 2022

Orange, Calif., and Brentwood, Tenn., June 16, 2022 – UCI Health and Kindred Rehabilitation Services (“KRS”), a business unit of LifePoint Health, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to create a joint venture to construct and operate a 52-bed, 68,000 sq. ft. inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Orange County. The hospital will employ up to 200 and will be located at 17931 Von Karman Ave., in Irvine, Calif.

Date Posted: Jun 15, 2022

Gallatin, TN (June 15, 2022) – Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) announced today that Rod Harkleroad, RN has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective July 11. Harkleroad will also serve as market president of HighPoint Health System (HighPoint), which includes SRMC as well as Riverview Regional Medical Center (RRMC) in Carthage, Tennessee and Trousdale Medical Center (TMC) in Hartsville, Tennessee. He joins SRMC from Frye Regional Medical Center (FRMC), a Duke LifePoint facility in Hickory, North Carolina, where he has served as CEO since 2020. He will replace Susan Peach, who is retiring after ten years leading SRMC and HighPoint.

Date Posted: Jun 13, 2022

ARROYO GRANDE, CA – June 13, 2022 – Arroyo Grande Community Hospital (AGCH) and Kindred Rehabilitation Services (KRS), a business unit of LifePoint Health, today announced a joint venture to build and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital on Dignity Health’s Arroyo Grande Community Hospital campus.

Date Posted: Jun 7, 2022

A recent story published by HealthLeaders gives readers an in-depth look at LifePoint Health's dyad clinical leadership model and describes why it has been successful for the company.

Date Posted: Jun 3, 2022

Brentwood, TN. and Denver, CO. (June 3, 2022) – LifePoint Health today announced that an affiliate of the company has completed its previously announced transaction to lead an investment in Specialist TeleMed (STeM), a leading multi-specialty telemedicine provider for hospitals, clinics and remote locations worldwide.

Date Posted: Jun 2, 2022

Brentwood, Tenn. (June 2, 2022) – 25m Health, a joint venture with LifePoint Health, venture studio 25madison and Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO), has appointed healthcare industry veteran Marcus Osborne to its council of senior advisors and named three experienced leaders to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Brentwood, Tennessee-based healthtech incubator. Chris Poole will lead the team as head of studio, while Haley Eberly McDonald and Ryan Macy have been appointed head of product and head of engineering, respectively.

Date Posted: May 16, 2022

Date Posted: May 10, 2022

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio and BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (May 10, 2022) – Mercy Health – Youngstown and Kindred Rehabilitation Services (KRS), a business unit of LifePoint Health, today announced a joint venture partnership to construct Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a standalone, 60-bed acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital to be located in the Mahoning Valley.

Date Posted: May 10, 2022

Flemingsburg, KY (May 10, 2022) – Fleming County Hospital today announced that it has been named a LifePoint Health National Quality Leader. This designation recognizes hospitals within the LifePoint Health system that have enrolled in the LifePoint National Quality Program (NQP) and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.

Date Posted: May 9, 2022

Georgetown, Kentucky – (May 9, 2022) LifePoint’s Central Kentucky facilities today announced that Cliff Wilson has been named chief executive officer (CEO) of Georgetown Community Hospital and market president of Central Kentucky, with operational oversight of Bluegrass Community Hospital, Bourbon Community Hospital, and Clark Regional Medical Center. Wilson will begin his new role on June 6.

Date Posted: Apr 29, 2022

Last Wednesday, LifePoint Health had the privilege of hosting a group of more than 40 veterans from the HONOR Foundation, a career transition program for U.S. Special Operations Forces that helps them transition their elite military service into the private sector and be part of the next generation of corporate and community leaders.