Executive Briefing featuring Sam Hazen, CEO, HCA Healthcare

 
 
Sam Hazen is the chief executive officer of HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading providers of health care services with 185 hospitals and approximately 2,000 sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers and physician clinics, in 21 states and the United Kingdom. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, HCA Healthcare and its 270,000 employees provide approximately five percent of all U.S. hospital services.
 
A 37-year veteran of HCA Healthcare, Hazen was appointed CEO January 1, 2019 after serving as president and chief operating officer since 2016. Hazen has served in various senior positions for HCA Healthcare including president of operations from 2011-2015. Hazen has also served as president of HCA Healthcare’s Western Group, which included all operations west of the Mississippi River and represented approximately one-half of the company’s revenue.
 
Prior to 2001, Hazen was chief financial officer for the Western Group. Prior to 1995, he was chief financial officer for two different divisions in the company, overseeing operations in North Texas and various other markets. Hazen began his career in Humana’s Financial Management Specialist Program in 1983 and has held chief financial officer position at hospitals in Georgia and Las Vegas.
 
Hazen currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Nashville Health Care Council, Federation of American Hospitals, and the HCA Healthcare Foundation.
 
Hazen earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Kentucky and his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
 
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Jordan Kendig is AVP of Community Engagement at HCA Healthcare where he is responsible for expanding HCA’s community engagement operating model.Kendig partners with HCA’s Women’s and Children’s and Oncology service lines as co-lead of the Healthier Tomorrow Fund, a $50 million community impact fund designed to support innovative initiatives focused on addressing high-priority community needs and advancing health equity.  He has been with HCA for 5 years, previously driving operations for Leadership & Organizational Development and strategic design for Patient Experience.

Kendig is the past-board chair of Leadership Health Care and serves on the non-profit boards of Alive Hospice and Amputee Blade Runners.  He earned a bachelor’s as well as master’s degree from Vanderbilt University, is a certified Project Management Professional and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.  He’s run 14 marathons, although these days spends his time chasing his 2 children with a 3rd arriving next month.

 
 
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