---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-029946"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHC"
cik: "0001047335"
company_name: "NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:31:20.627634+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# President and COO Ussery to retire after 45-year career effective Dec 31, 2025

## Summary
- R. Michael Ussery retiring as President and COO effective December 31, 2025.
- Ussery joined NHC in 1980; served as COO since 2009 and President since 2017.
- Retirement is amicable with no disagreement with the company.
- No successor named; CEO Steve Flatt thanked Ussery for his contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-029946
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHC
- cik: 0001047335
- company_name: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774925029946/0001437749-25-029946-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774925029946/nhc20250926_8k.htm

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