Celebrating our People

Our Mercy Awards program memorializes the legacy of the late Scott Mercy, LifePoint's founding chairman and CEO, by celebrating people in the LifePoint family who demonstrate his caring spirit and reflect the values on which our company was founded. Each hospital and the Health Support Center annually select one local Mercy Award winner who consistently strives to embrace Scott's philosophies and reach the high standards he set for our organization.

2020 Companywide Award Winner

Karl Ngoye, RN
Memorial Medical Center

Named after former LifePoint CEO Jim Fleetwood, the Fleetwood Operational Excellence Award is given to a hospital CEO, COO, CFO or CNO who best reflects Jim's visionary philosophy of operational excellence, inspiring their employees to stretch and achieve the highest levels of quality and patient care even during challenging times.

2019 Award Winner

Martin Padgett

CEO, Clark Memorial Health and
Scott Memorial Health

The Board Leadership Award is given to a facility board chair who exemplifies exceptional practice of LifePoint's High Five Guiding Principles by demonstrating genuine interest in high quality patient care, active and constructive input into medical staff affairs, support for the welfare of hospital employees, representation of the needs and views of the community and diligent attention to ensuring fiscal responsibility.

2017 Award Winner

Bob Phillips, MD

Sumner Regional Medical Center

The LifePoint High Five Awards recognize facilities who show an extraordinary application of our High Five Guiding Principles in their approach to both their patient populations and their communities at large.

2019 Companywide Winner

Memorial Medical Center

Recognizing the crucial role our physicians play in achieving LifePoint's mission and vision, this award is given to an individual physician who reflects LifePoint's High Five Guiding Principles by demonstrating a passionate focus on quality care, effective leadership among their fellow physicians, respect and appreciation for employees as caregiving partners, a willingness to be involved in their community and a commitment to cost-effective care.

2017 Award Winner

John Andazola, MD

Memorial Medical Center

The LifePoint Hospital Leader of the Year Awards recognize outstanding leadership and performance on the part of a CEO, CFO and CNO in our nationwide network. Hospital Leaders of the Year demonstrate excellence in three key skill sets of our leadership model – business mastery, relationship mastery and personal mastery – and reflect our core values of honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, compassion and legal and ethical compliance.

2019 Award Winner

Martin Padgett

CEO, Clark Memorial Health and
Scott Memorial Health

The LifePoint Hospital Leader of the Year Awards recognize outstanding leadership and performance on the part of a CEO, CFO and CNO in our nationwide network. Hospital Leaders of the Year demonstrate excellence in three key skill sets of our leadership model – business mastery, relationship mastery and personal mastery – and reflect our core values of honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, compassion and legal and ethical compliance.

2019 Award Winner

Michelle Buttry

CNO, Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

The LifePoint Hospital Leader of the Year Awards recognize outstanding leadership and performance on the part of a CEO, CFO and CNO in our nationwide network. Hospital Leaders of the Year demonstrate excellence in three key skill sets of our leadership model – business mastery, relationship mastery and personal mastery – and reflect our core values of honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, compassion and legal and ethical compliance.

2019 Award Winner

Steve Winegeart

CFO, Memorial Medical Center