March 16, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) said that Jeffrey Sherman will become the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer. Sherman, who currently serves as the VP and treasurer at Tenet Healthcare, will succeed David M. Dill who, as planned, will become the company's EVP and chief operating officer.

Sherman has worked in various capacities for Tenet and its predecessor company since 1990. Prior to joining Tenet's corporate office, he served as VP of finance for eighteen acute care hospitals and other related entities in the Texas Gulf Coast region, preceded by the same role for seven hospitals in the Philadelphia area.

Brentwood, Tennessee-based LifePoint Hospitals is a hospital company focused on providing healthcare services in non-urban communities in seventeen states. Of the company's 47 continuing operations hospitals, 44 are in communities where LifePoint Hospitals is the sole community hospital provider.

The company has around 21,000 employees.

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