Mr. Bentz has led Roane General Hospital for 25 years, guiding the rural health system through major expansions and a transformative renovation completed in 2021 that established a one-stop shop for community care, reducing the need for patients to travel long distances for specialized care. Mr. Bentz pioneered a shift from reactive sick care to proactive wellness through his “Prescription for Your Health” program, a free initiative built on medical planning, nutritional education and guided medical fitness that helped roughly 300 participants collectively lose more than 1,000 pounds of body fat in under a year. He further expanded these efforts by securing a $250,000 grant to launch a “Food is Medicine” initiative providing culinary education and healthy groceries to participants weekly. Under his leadership, the hospital’s long-term care facility earned a CMS 5-star rating, and Roane General received the West Virginia “Community Star Award for Rural Health Excellence” for 2025. Mr. Bentz currently serves as chair of the West Virginia Hospital Association quality committee and as an at-large member of the association. He was named the American College of Healthcare Executives “Young Healthcare Executive of the Year” in 2004.
