Howard T. Wall, III, is Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary of RCCH Healthcare Partners, a Tennessee based operator of 17 non-urban regional health systems in 12 states. At RCCH Mr. Wall has responsibility for legal, corporate governance, risk management and human resources activities at the company and is heavily involved in its acquisition and development activities. Mr. Wall  joined RCCH , which prior to its merger with Capella Healthcare in May of 2016 was known as RegionalCare Hospital Partners, in June of 201. Prior to that he served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Capella Healthcare, a Franklin, Tennessee based operator of non-urban hospitals. Prior to joining Capella in 2005 Mr. Wall served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Corporate Governance Officer of Province Healthcare Company from September 1997 until April 2005. Mr. Wall began his career in healthcare in 1983 when he joined the Nashville, Tennessee law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis. During his 14 years at Waller he concentrated his practice on healthcare transactions, financial relationships among healthcare providers, hospital operations, and state and federal healthcare regulatory matters.  He served as Chairman of the firm's Healthcare Working Group from 1989-1997. Mr. Wall was recognized for his achievements in the field of healthcare law by being included in the first health care listing in the publication, The Best Lawyers in America, in 1989, and in all subsequent editions until he left private law practice in 1997. Mr. Wall has been very active in professional associations and bar activities.  Mr. Wall has served the American Bar Association in a number of capacities. He served as Health Law Section Chair in 1999 - 2000, Section Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates from 2002 - 2008, and was a Health Law Section Council member from 1995 - 2008. As Section Chair Mr. Wall established the Section's primary continuing legal education program, Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, and formed the ABA Health Law Coordinating Committee, which brings together health law groups from a range of ABA Sections Roger Strode is a partner and health care business lawyer wiHoward Wall is Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary of RCCH Healthcare Partners, a Tennessee based operator of 17 non-urban regional health systems in 12 states. At RCCH Mr. Wall has responsibility for legal, corporate governance, risk management and human resources activities at the company and is heavily involved in its acquisition and development activities. Mr. Wall  joined RCCH , which prior to its merger with Capella Healthcare in May of 2016 was known as RegionalCare Hospital Partners, in June of 201. Prior to that he served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Capella Healthcare, a Franklin, Tennessee based operator of non-urban hospitals. Prior to joining Capella in 2005 Mr. Wall served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Corporate Governance Officer of Province Healthcare Company from September 1997 until April 2005. Mr. Wall began his career in healthcare in 1983 when he joined the Nashville, Tennessee law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis. During his 14 years at Waller he concentrated his practice on healthcare transactions, financial relationships among healthcare providers, hospital operations, and state and federal healthcare regulatory matters.  He served as Chairman of the firm's Healthcare Working Group from 1989-1997. Mr. Wall was recognized for his achievements in the field of healthcare law by being included in the first health care listing in the publication, The Best Lawyers in America, in 1989, and in all subsequent editions until he left private law practice in 1997. Mr. Wall has been very active in professional associations and bar activities.  Mr. Wall has served the American Bar Association in a number of capacities. He served as Health Law Section Chair in 1999 - 2000, Section Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates from 2002 - 2008, and was a Health Law Section Council member from 1995 - 2008. As Section Chair Mr. Wall established the Section's primary continuing legal education program, Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, and formed the ABA Health Law Coordinating Committee, which brings together health law groups from a range of ABA Sections and entities to coordinate continuing legal education and policy initiatives.  He currently serves as the Chair of the Health Law Section's Sponsorship Committee.  Within the greater ABA, Mr. Wall has served as Section Officer's Conference Liaison to the ABA Standing Committee on Membership, Health Law Section Liaison to the Special Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness, as a member of the ABA Task Force on Federal Agency Preemption of State Tort Law. He currently is the Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Medical Professional Liability. Mr. Wall is also a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Wall is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and is a past officer of the TBA Health Law Section.  He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and is past Chair of the Nashville Bar Association Health Law Committee.  Mr. Wall is a member of the Board of Governors of the Federation of American Hospitals, an investor-owned hospital industry group based in Washington, D.C. and he is a past Chair of the Legal and Operations Policy Committee of the Federation.  He also serves as a member of the Editorial Board of the BNA Health Law Reporter. In addition to practicing law Mr. Wall has served as an adjunct professor of health law at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia. Mr. Wall received his B.A. degree from Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, Tennessee in 1980, and his J.D. degree from Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia in 1983.   

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