September 17, 2024- Community Health Systems, Inc. announced that Lynn Simon, MD, President, Healthcare Innovation and Chief Medical Officer, will retire from her current executive management position at the end of the year and transition into a consulting arrangement effective January 1, 2025. Under the terms of her consulting agreement, Dr. Simon will continue to advise the Company’s management team regarding innovation in healthcare, and will continue to identify, evaluate and facilitate potential new partnerships and emerging capabilities for the organization.
Simon joined Community Health Systems (CHS) in 2010 and has served as Chief Medical Officer since 2017. During her 14-year career at CHS, Simon’s broad areas of responsibility have included every aspect of clinical operations.
Among her many accomplishments at CHS, Simon established one of the first AHRQ-certified Patient Safety Organizations (PSO) along with the framework, expectations, and tools that helped achieve a 90% reduction in the serious safety event rate over the past decade. Simon developed CHS’ proprietary Transfer Center, creating round the clock access to help hospitals inside and outside of the CHS organization.