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Issuer:     NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP (NHC)
CIK:        0001047335
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-034451
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NHC appoints Dr. Lisa Piercey to board; CEO Flatt to add President role upon Ussery retirement
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- Dr. Lisa Piercey appointed to NHC Board effective Nov 6, 2025, as Class 1 director; will serve on Audit Committee.
- She is former Tennessee Health Commissioner and founder/CEO of Tristela Capital Partners.
- CEO Stephen F. Flatt will also serve as President effective Dec 31, 2025, after President/COO R. Michael Ussery retires.
- SVP Operations Timothy J. Shelly will become principal operating officer upon Ussery's retirement; his title remains SVP Operations.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774925034451/0001437749-25-034451-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047335/000143774925034451/nhc20251112_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-034451

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