Company initiates search for permanent CEO to usher in next era of patient-centric growth
Franklin, TN – December 3, 2024 – Summit BHC (“Summit”), a leading provider of high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health and addiction treatment services, today announced the appointment of Dan Slipkovich as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Slipkovich succeeds Brent Turner and will lead Summit while the company conducts a search for a permanent CEO.
Slipkovich joins Summit as a nationally recognized health care industry leader with over 35 years of broad-based experience and a long track record of success in the facility-based provider space. He is the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Capella Healthcare and has served on various boards and in executive leadership positions including as a senior executive at HCA and HealthTrust hospitals, SVP Operations and Founding Member of LifePoint Healthcare, President and Chief Operating Officer of Province Healthcare, and director and Chief Executive Officer at Quorum.
“I am honored by the opportunity to lead Summit into its next phase of growth as we continue to deliver on our mission to improve the lives we touch,” said Slipkovich. “On behalf of Summit’s Board and leadership, I’d like to thank Brent for his efforts to help grow the business over the last four years and wish him the best in his future endeavors. I look forward to working alongside our talented senior leadership team and empowering our employees to drive this organization forward.”
About Summit
Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, and founded in 2013, Summit’s mission is to develop and operate a network of leading behavioral health hospitals and addiction treatment centers throughout the country while improving all the lives we touch. The Company’s primary focus is on the provision of psychiatric services and substance use disorder treatment within a flexible, compassionate, and dynamic continuum of care. The leadership team at Summit is composed of senior executives with decades of combined experience in the behavioral healthcare industry at the national level. The Company currently owns and operates 38 freestanding facilities in 20 states across the country.
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