Health Care 2025: TUGMAN, RICHARD

Tugman became president and CEO of Centra Health in October 2024, after serving in an interim capacity since Amy Carrier’s departure in March 2024. The regional nonprofit health system serves more than 500,000 people and has four hospitals along with numerous primary care and specialty practices.

Tugman was previously CEO of Piedmont Community Health Plan, a Centra health insurance subsidiary that ended coverage this year. Earlier in his career, Tugman was vice president and general counsel for Lynchburg’s Fleet Laboratories.

Centra has several construction projects underway. The Centra Langhorne Medical Center, a five-story medical office building in Lynchburg, is expected to be completed by late 2025. Spread between Campbell County and Lynchburg, the Centra Simons Run Medical Campus, a collaboration between Centra and Lifepoint Health affiliates, is expected to open in 2026. The 72-bed Centra Behavioral Health Hospital and 50-bed Centra Rehabilitation Hospital comprising the campus will replace inpatient units at Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital.

The health system anticipates breaking ground on a five-story tower at its Lynchburg General Hospital in the fall.

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