Mr. Levine leads Ballad Health, an integrated health system serving a region of Appalachia spanning a large geographic footprint. In this role, he oversees 21 hospitals, the nation’s largest accountable care community, home health, pharmacies, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation services, behavioral health services and Ballad Ventures, an innovation arm focused on emerging services and technologies. The innovation arm boasts $2 billion in annual revenue and employs 14,000 people serving more than 4 million patient contacts annually. He brings to the role more than 25 years of prior experience as CEO of hospitals and health systems ranging from small rural hospitals to some of the largest public systems in America. His commitment to public service spans multiple states and administrations, having served as Secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals and senior health policy advisor to Governor Bobby Jindal, Secretary of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration under Governor Jeb Bush, where he oversaw a $17 billion budget, and on healthcare transition teams for several Florida Governors and one Virginia Governor. In these roles he managed healthcare responses to 12 major hurricanes, led Louisiana’s response to the H1N1 pandemic, improved Louisiana’s child immunization rates from 48th to 2nd in the nation, and was recognized for efforts combating fraud and abuse in public healthcare programs. Mr. Levine serves on the board of directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. and Axogen, a publicly traded company. He also sits on the board of governors for the State University System of Florida. He was most recently named a “Junior Achievement Laureate” and inducted into the Business Hall of Fame in upper East Tennessee.
