Since 1997, Mr. Smith has served as president and CEO of the for-profit CHS, and he also spent 23 years with health insurer Humana. Bill Carpenter, chairman and CEO of LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tenn., now becomes immediate past-chair.
FAH is the trade group that represents investor-owned and for-profit hospitals.
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