---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-048318"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHCO"
cik: "0001725255"
company_name: "AdaptHealth Corp."
filed_at: "2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:44:29.364976+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AdaptHealth appoints Suzanne Foster CEO effective May 20; Richard Barasch to step down

## Summary
- Suzanne Foster, former President of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Danaher), named CEO and board member effective May 20, 2024.
- Interim CEO and Chairman Richard Barasch will cease as interim CEO on May 20, remain Chairman until June 30, then resign as director and serve as special advisor.
- CEO employment agreement provides $900,000 base salary, target annual bonus of 120% of base, and inducement RSUs worth $4.9M plus $1M with multi-year vesting.
- CFO Jason Clemens' employment amended to increase severance base salary payments from 12 to 18 months on qualifying termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-048318
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHCO
- cik: 0001725255
- company_name: AdaptHealth Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725255/000110465924048318/0001104659-24-048318-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725255/000110465924048318/tm2411833d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-048318
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-048318.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-048318.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Suzanne Foster was appointed as Director at AdaptHealth Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Upon starting as Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Foster will also be appointed to serve as a member of the Company’s board of directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725255/000110465924048318/0001104659-24-048318-index.htm
- Executive change
  Suzanne Foster was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at AdaptHealth Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Suzanne Foster, age 54, has been appointed to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective May 20, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725255/000110465924048318/0001104659-24-048318-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.