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Capella Healthcare Appoints Neil W. Kunkel As Senior Vice President, General Counsel

September 19, 2011


Capella Healthcare has announced the appointment of Neil W. Kunkel, JD, as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary effective October 1, according to Dan Slipkovich, Chief Executive Officer.

“Neil’s significant experience makes him the ideal individual for this key role in our growing company,” said Slipkovich. “His extensive knowledge of the legal and regulatory issues that are impacting our industry will be a tremendous asset as we continue our focus on the many opportunities before us.”

Kunkel comes to Capella from LifePoint Hospitals, where he has been Vice-President and Associate General Counsel since the company’s founding in 1998. Prior to that, he was affiliated with HCA, where he served as Group Operations Counsel then as Managing Counsel prior to assisting in the spin-off of hospitals to form LifePoint. He began his career as Law Clerk for Justices W. Joel Blass and C.H. McRae with the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1990.

A member of the Board of Governors of the Federation of American Hospitals, Kunkel has served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Legal and Operations Policy Committee. He is currently serving as Chair of the Health Facilities Interest Group of the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section.

Kunkel earned his law degree from the University of Louisville Law School, where he was a member of the Brandeis Honor Society. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University.


Certain statements contained in this release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  These forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical statements of fact and those statements regarding the company’s or management’s intent, belief or expectations.  Actual future events or results may differ materially from these statements. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Capella Healthcare, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent filings which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including execution of growth, acquisition and business strategies. These and other applicable risks are summarized under the caption Risk Factors in Capella Healthcare’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. We make no promise to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of changes in underlying factors, new information, future events or otherwise.

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