page_title: Wayne T. Smith
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context_page_description: Wayne T. Smith is an American business executive known for his roles in the health care industry. After starting his business career with the insurance company Humana Inc. in the 1970s, he served as Humana's president and chief operating officer from 1993 until 1996. In 1997 he was appointed president and chief executive officer of Community Health Systems, also taking on the role of chairman in 2001. As head of the company, he has overseen projects such as the 2007 acquisition of Triad Hospitals, which came close to doubling the size of CHS. In 2014 he led the USD $7.6 billion acquisition of Health Management Associates, which made CHS the largest for-profit hospital operator in the United States.
  Smith has been involved with corporate and civic boards as a director, trustee, or chairman, and he remains a director of Praxair, Community Health Systems, the Nashville Area Chamber Of Commerce, the Nashville Health Care Council, the Center of Medical Interoperability, and the Federation of American Hospitals, among others. He has received a number of awards and accolades, and in 2010 Institutional Investor named him America's Top Healthcare CEO.
context_section_description: Wayne T. Smith (born c. 1946) is an American business executive known for his roles in the health care industry. After starting his business career with the insurance company Humana Inc. in the 1970s, he served as Humana's president and chief operating officer (COO) from 1993 until 1996. In 1997 he was appointed president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Community Health Systems (CHS), also taking on the role of chairman in 2001. As head of the company, he has overseen projects such as the 2007 acquisition of Triad Hospitals, which came close to doubling the size of CHS. In 2014 he led the USD $7.6 billion acquisition of Health Management Associates, which made CHS the largest for-profit hospital operator in the United States. (A title which it no longer holds).
  Smith has been involved with corporate and civic boards as a director, trustee, or chairman, and he remains a director of Praxair, Community Health Systems, the Nashville Area Chamber Of Commerce, the Nashville Health Care Council, the Center of Medical Interoperability, and the Federation of American Hospitals, among others. He has received a number of awards and accolades, and in 2010 Institutional Investor named him America's Top Healthcare CEO. In 2011 he was named a Health Care Hero by the Nashville Business Journal, and he has been included on Modern Healthcare's list of the 100 Most Influential in Healthcare for fifteen consecutive years, ranking twenty-third in 2016.
caption: Smith in 2020
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