B. Anderson Flatt Sr. — Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at National HealthCare Corporation

Mr. B. Anderson Flatt, Sr., also known as Andy, has been Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of National HealthCare Corporation since February 13, 2017. Mr. Flatt has more than 32 years of experience in health care technology to NHC. He joined to National HealthCare Corporation from Corizon Health, an industry leader in correctional healthcare, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer for Cigna-HealthSpring from 2006 to 2014 and AIM Healthcare Services (now Optum) from 2000 to 2006. Prior to those roles, he served in technology management positions at Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He Co-founded MIQS, Inc., an award-winning EMR company after beginning his career as a software developer for Dialysis Clinic, Inc. He serves on the Board of Directors for Ascend Federal Credit Union and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. He served on the Board of the Nashville Technology Council for ten years, serving as Board Chair for the 2009-2011 term. During his chairmanship, he instituted a program with MTSU and 12 other Middle Tennessee universities to partner with the Council on technology education. He has also served his alma mater, Lipscomb University, as the chair of the College of Computing and Technology Advisory Board and the College of Business Alumni Board. He has led teams that have been globally recognized for many industry achievements including: Computerworld's Laureate Award Winning Team (2009); Wintercorp recognition for the world's largest Windows-based transactional database (2005); Cisco large-scale VoIP telephony early adoption (2001); and Smithsonian Award Finalist for early use of electronic medical records (1998). He was also recognized by the Nashville Business Journal as a 2015 Chief Information Officer Award Winner, 2014 Health Care Hero of IT and was named twice (2011 and 2012) a Power Leader in Technology. He was also honored twice at the Nashville Technology Council's 2011 Awards Gala as CIO and Volunteer of the Year. He holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Lipscomb University.