Veteran Leader is Co-founder and CEO of Capella Healthcare

 

Franklin, TN (May 17, 2013) – Dan Slipkovich, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Capella Healthcare, has been selected as one of 300 nominees from which Modern Healthcare will select its 12^th annual listing of “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.”  Voting is open through Friday, June 14, with people encouraged to select their top five candidates.

From March 18-April 19, readers of Modern Healthcare submitted nearly 28,000 nominations, with the top 300 names included on the final ballot. Readers’ votes will count for 50% of the outcome; the other 50% will be based on the expert opinions of the senior editors at Modern Healthcare. The combination of readers’ votes and the editors’ choices will determine the final ranking of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare,” which will be published in the Aug. 26 issue.

To learn more about the nominees and to vote, people should visit this link:  https://www.modernhealthcare.com/section/100-Most-Influential

With more than 30 years of hospital experience, Slipkovich is a nationally recognized leader within the healthcare industry.  He co-founded Capella Healthcare in 2005 after a storied career during which he led hospitals across the country of varying sizes and scopes – from small, rural facilities to large, urban academic medical centers – in a variety of roles.  Last year, Capella Healthcare was named to Modern Healthcare’s list of fastest-growing healthcare companies as part of the magazine’s inaugural “Healthcare’s Hottest” recognition program. The program recognizes the 40 fastest-growing healthcare companies that are headquartered in the U.S., have at least $20 million in revenue for 2011, and have been in business for five years or more. Capella was honored as a top ten health system on the list and was the highest ranked acute-care hospital company. Capella continues to grow through acquisitions and innovative partnerships with other healthcare providers in the communities it serves. In 2012, Capella partnered with Saint Thomas Health, part of Ascension Health, to form an innovative joint venture that now operates four hospitals in Middle Tennessee.

Slipkovich began his career as a Certified Public Accountant, holding positions as Chief Financial Officer for HCA and HealthTrust hospitals; Division VP for HealthTrust, as well as Division VP and Group VP for HCA Florida. In September 1997, he was promoted to Senior Vice President for HCA with responsibility for reorganizing the company’s non-urban facilities into the company which would become LifePoint Hospitals. In February 2003, Slipkovich became President and Chief Operating Officer of Province Healthcare, a non-urban hospital company, where he was responsible for broad-based corporate activities and hospital operations through three operating divisions.

A member of the Board of Governors for the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH), which represents over 1,100 hospitals, Slipkovich also serves on the organization’s Audit, Rural Healthcare, and Legislative committees. Through his involvement with the FAH as well as the American Hospital Association and the Nashville Health Care Council, he is an active contributor to the national discussions that shape the industry’s future. He has been a speaker at the World Healthcare Congress and Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Conference.

Slipkovich earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from West Virginia University and attended graduate school at the University of Miami and Virginia Tech.

Outside his work at Capella, Slipkovich has been active with a number of non-profit organizations, including Middle Tennessee Council of Boy Scouts, Association of Retarded Citizens, American Heart Association, and the Nashville Ballet, which he has served as President. In 2011, he was awarded one of the region’s first National Outstanding Eagle Scout Awards by the Boy Scouts of America’s Middle Tennessee Chapter, in recognition of his professional and personal accomplishments. Earning Eagle Scout recognition at age 13, Dan is a lifelong supporter of Scouting and credits this experience with having made a significant difference in his life, impacting both his personal values and professional accomplishments.  He and his wife, Lisa, have two sons.

About Capella Healthcare

Capella Healthcare partners with communities to build strong local healthcare systems that are known for quality patient care. Based in Franklin, Tenn., Capella owns and/or operates 14 acute care and specialty hospital facilities in six states.  With the philosophy that all healthcare is local, Capella collaborates with each hospital’s medical staff, board and community leadership to take care to the next level.  The company has access to significant leadership and financial resources, investing in its family of hospitals to strengthen and expand services and facilities. For more information, visit the website, www.CapellaHealthcare.com.

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For more information, contact:  Beth B. Wright,

VP-Corporate Communications & Strategic Marketing

[email protected] or 615-764-3010