Elmer Polite has been named CFO of LifePoint Health's eastern division of hospitals, the health system said this week.
Mr. Polite previously served as chief financial executive of the Midlands market for Prisma Health in Columbia, S.C. He also was system CFO and chief staffing officer of Hospital Corporation of America's Macon, Ga., market, and was CFO of the Community Health Systems Georgia market.
In his new role with LifePoint, Mr. Polite will oversee financial operations for 26 hospital campuses in Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, the Brentwood, Tenn.-based company said.
Mr. Polite earned a master's degree in finance from Naperville, Ill.-based DeVry University.
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