{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001756655-25-000009","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"ARDT","cik":"0001756655","company_name":"Ardent Health, Inc.","filed_at":"2025-06-20T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:49.600451+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-19T01:36:47.008908+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ardent Health President of Hospital Operations David Schultz Departs","bullets":["David Schultz no longer serves as President, Hospital Operations, effective June 16, 2025.","Departure treated as a 'Qualifying Termination' under the company's Executive Severance Plan.","Schultz eligible for severance benefits per plan terms; no replacement named."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001756655-25-000009","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001756655-25-000009.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001756655-25-000009.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001756655-25-000009.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000175665525000009/0001756655-25-000009-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000175665525000009/ardt-20250616.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-19T01:36:47.008908+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"fce504f383","claim":"David Schultz departed as President, Hospital Operations at Ardent Health, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On June 16, 2025, Ardent Health, Inc. (the “Company”) and David Schultz determined that Mr. Schultz would no longer serve as President, Hospital Operations and would depart the Company effective immediately.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756655/000175665525000009/0001756655-25-000009-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"departed"},{"label":"Role","value":"President, Hospital Operations"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}