From the Desk of the CEO
HealthTrust members earn national recognition for innovation, performance & leadership
Senior editors at Modern Healthcare cull through thousands of names and organizations to select the honorees for its 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list each year. Congratulations to the HealthTrust member organizations with executives taking their place on the 2025/2026 list:
- Ardent Health – Marty Bonick, President & CEO
- HCA Healthcare – Samuel Hazen, CEO
- Novant Health – Carl Armato, President & CEO
- Prime Healthcare – Sunny Bhatia, M.D., President & Chief Medical Officer
- Tenet Healthcare – Saum Sutaria, M.D., Chair & CEO
- Trinity Health – Michael Slubowski, President & CEO
- Virtua Health – Dennis Pullin, President & CEO
Named to the publication’s 50 Most Influential Clinicians list in 2025 were:
- HCA Healthcare – the late Sammie Mosier, SVP & Chief Nurse Executive, who we lost in December
- Orlando Health – Karen Frenier, SVP of HR & Chief Nurse Executive
- Prime Healthcare – Sunny Bhatia, M.D., President & Chief Medical Officer
- Surgery Partners – Tamala Norris-McJunkins, SVP & Enterprise Chief Clinical Officer
- UCI Health – Anne Marie Watkins, SVP & Chief Nursing Executive
Best in Business awards
Organizations driving innovation, efficiency and excellence across the healthcare industry are annually celebrated through Modern Healthcare’s Best in Business awards. HealthTrust recently received recognition with two awards:
Construction & Design | Through the HealthTrust Commercial Sourcing Construction & Facilities program, hospitals and health systems design, build and operate more efficiently through centralized procurement and smarter sourcing. This has resulted in members saving an average of 5% (compared to market pricing), with more than 35% of construction material categories under contract.
Recruitment & Staffing | In response to workforce shortages, HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, the nation’s largest supplierneutral healthcare managed service provider, deployed 44K+ clinicians nationwide, staffing 26M clinical hours in the past year. HWS’ scheduling and productivity technology improves staffing efficiency, supporting more than 200 facilities.
These awards reflect the exceptional work our teams do each and every day to assist healthcare organizations in operating more efficiently and effectively. By turning insight into action, we help our members deliver better performance, smarter solutions and stronger outcomes in support of their missions to provide quality patient care.
Mile high in July
We hope you are planning to join us for the HealthTrust University Conference (HTU) in Denver, Colorado, July 20–22. For suppliers, make plans now to extend your stay through midday on Wednesday, July 22, so you can take part in our Supplier Engagement Reverse Expo. This was a hit last year, offering suppliers the opportunity to talk one-on-one with members, as well as Strategic Sourcing personnel from all HealthTrust portfolios.
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Ed Jones |
HealthTrust University Conference 2026
Members wanting to attend HTU should reach out to their facility’s allocation lead and/or HealthTrust Account Manager to express interest. Suppliers wanting to take part in the Reverse Expo must exhibit at HTU and attend the Closing General Session to receive an entrance ticket. Contact events@healthtrustpg.com for more information.
