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Wayne T. Smith | |
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| Born | 1945 or 1946 (age 78–79)[1] Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Education | Auburn University (BA) Trinity University, Texas (MA) |
| Title | Chairman, president, and CEO of Community Health Systems |
Wayne T. Smith (born c. 1946) is an American businessperson in the health care industry. After starting his business career with the insurance company Humana Inc. in the 1970s, he served as Humana's president and chief operating officer (COO) from 1993 until 1996.[1] In 1997 he was appointed president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Community Health Systems (CHS), also taking on the role of chairman in 2001.[2] As head of the company, he has overseen projects such as the 2007 acquisition of Triad Hospitals, which came close to doubling the size of CHS.[2] In 2014 he led the US$7.6 billion acquisition of Health Management Associates,[3] which made CHS the largest for-profit hospital operator in the United States.[4] (A title which it no longer holds).
In 2010 Institutional Investor named him America's Top Healthcare CEO.[5] In 2011 he was named a Health Care Hero by the Nashville Business Journal,[6] and he has been included on Modern Healthcare's list of the 100 Most Influential in Healthcare[7] for fifteen consecutive years, ranking twenty-third in 2016.[8][7]
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