LifePoint Health Names David Dill CEO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - LifePoint Health (LPNT) and its Board announced that current Chairman and CEO William Carpenter III will retire upon completion of the company's pending merger with RCCH HealthCare Partners. David Dill, the current president and chief operating officer, will assume the role of CEO for LifePoint upon Carpenter's retirement.

Dill will be the first CEO of the merged LifePoint and RCCH HealthCare organization, which will operate under the LifePoint Health name. Dill joined LifePoint as executive vice president and chief financial officer in 2007. He was named COO in 2009 and appointed president and COO in 2011.