---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-008186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSTM"
cik: "0001095565"
company_name: "HEALTHSTREAM INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T11:46:26.480157+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Michael D. Shmerling to retire from HealthStream board at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Michael D. Shmerling notified HealthStream on March 27, 2023, he will not stand for re-election as Class II director.
- His retirement from the Board will be effective at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.
- Mr. Shmerling's decision is not the result of any disagreement with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-008186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSTM
- cik: 0001095565
- company_name: HEALTHSTREAM INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095565/000143774923008186/0001437749-23-008186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095565/000143774923008186/hstm20230328_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-008186
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-008186.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-008186.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael D. Shmerling departed as Class II Director at HEALTHSTREAM INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: On March 27, 2023, Michael D. Shmerling notified HealthStream, Inc. (the “Company”) that he has decided not to stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as a Class II director at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and to retire from service on the Board effective concurrently with this annual meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095565/000143774923008186/0001437749-23-008186-index.htm

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