| LifePoint Health Chairman and CEO Bill Carpenter III will retire this year after the for-profit hospital chain completes a planned merger, the company announced Wednesday.  | Carpenter, a founding employee at LifePoint, has been CEO since 2006.
| | Carpenter plans to retire after overseeing the completion of LifePoint's merger with RCCH HealthCare Partners.
| | LifePoint President and COO David Dill will take Carpenter's place. |
Carpenter has a long history with LifePoint. Read the full story. | 
