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                                                               EXHIBIT 31.2

                               CERTIFICATION

I, R. Dirk Allison, certify that:

      1.    I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ardent
            Health Services LLC;

      2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
            statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
            necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
            circumstances under which such statements were made, not
            misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

      3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
            financial information included in this report, fairly present
            in all material respects the financial condition, results of
            operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
            periods presented in this report;

      4.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible
            for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
            procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
            15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

      a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
            such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
            our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
            to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
            made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
            during the period in which this report is being prepared;

      b)    [Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and
            34-47986]

      c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
            controls and presented in this report our conclusions about the
            effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
            the end of the period covered by this report based on such
            evaluation; and

      d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
            internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
            the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
            fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
            materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
            affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
            reporting; and

      5.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
            based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
            financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the Audit
            and Compliance Committee of the registrant's board of directors
            (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

      a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
            design or operation of internal control over financial
            reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
            registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
            financial information; and

      b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
            other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
            internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 30, 2005

                                        By: /s/ R. Dirk Allison
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                                        R. Dirk Allison
                                        Chief Financial Officer