TENNESSEE HEALTH CARE HALL OF FAME NOMINEE DAVID DILL

A resident of Nashville since 1991, David Dill has helped lead LifePoint Health since 2007. He serves as president and chief executive officer, a role he has held since 2018. Before LifePoint, Dill was executive vice president of Fresenius Medical Care North America and CEO in the East Division of Fresenius Medical Care Services. He previously was an executive at Renal Care Group, Inc., leading finance for a publicly traded company before the age of 40. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Murray State University.

Dill has been an innovative leader at LifePoint. His support of LifePoint’s National Quality Program has driven a more than 60 percent improvement in aggregate patient safety. The Program was recognized with the 2017 John M. Eisenberg Award for Innovation in Patient Safety at the Local Level. Dill also oversaw the creation of a joint venture with Duke University Health System: Duke LifePoint Healthcare. This first-of-its-kind relationship between a for-profit health system and academic medical center now includes 14 facilities in four states. Dill has additionally supported LifePoint’s growth as a diversified health care delivery network. Under Dill’s leadership, the company has grown from a 23-hospital system to a health care leader with 65 community hospital campuses, 30+ rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals and 170+ additional sites of care.

Dill demonstrates leadership to those around him every day, acknowledging the hard work of others and giving his time to those within LifePoint and beyond. He regularly attends Q&A sessions and gives media interviews to share his experiences and knowledge with others. Committed to creating an inclusive system that provides equitable opportunities for all, Dill engaged the LifePoint leadership team in an intensive training program that ultimately led to the creation of a leadership position for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the completion of an enterprise-wide DEI assessment and the creation of a strong DEI vision statement.

Dill’s commitment to ethical leadership has shone especially bright during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dill not only protected his employees’ jobs during the worst of the pandemic, but he also oversaw the launch of LifePoint’s CORE Crisis Initiative to give employees COVID-19 sick pay, child and elder care stipends and other necessary resources. He was among the industry leaders invited to the White House in April 2020 to announce the creation of the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve, a private-public partnership sharing vital resources during the pandemic. Today, he is overseeing the launch a first-of-its-kind health-tech startup incubator in Nashville, called 25m Health, which is intended to build new companies that will bring innovative ideas and solutions to fruition across health care for decades to come.

Dill has also shaped the future of health care through service on boards including the Federation of American Hospitals, Nashville Health Care Council, American Heart Association’s Greater Southeast Affiliate, Murray State University Foundation and the American Hospital Association. He has been celebrated as one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare and received the prestigious national Gold Award along with other American Heart Association board members.