DALLAS—Enhabit, Inc., a home health and hospice provider, announced its board of directors will nominate Stephan Rodgers to stand for election as a director of the company at Enhabit’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
"I am excited at the prospect of joining the board of Enhabit and working with such a well‑respected management team," Rodgers said. "I am bullish on the long-term prospects for the home health and hospice industry, and I am ready to get to work with the Enhabit board as soon as possible."
Rodgers previously served for more than a decade as chief executive officer of AccentCare, Inc., a Dallas-based leader in post-acute care services with both home health and hospice service lines and locations operating in 31 states. Before that, he served for 13 years in varying positions of increasing seniority at UnitedHealth Group including OptumHealth Collaborative Care, the predecessor entity to Optum Care, where he served as chief executive officer for three years.
Before UnitedHealth Group, Rodgers was responsible for the health care benefits for 140,000 employees and 200,000 retirees nationally for General Electric Co. Rodgers will also bring his prior experience working for health plans and insurance companies and his service in the U.S. Army Special Forces.
"We look forward to Steve joining us as a director and we believe our stockholders will agree that he brings strong, relevant industry expertise to our board," Chairman of the Board, Jeff Bolton said. "Steve’s 25 years of executive-level experience in building companies of scale, including in the home health and hospice industry, will give him a unique perspective as our board oversees management’s execution of our long-term strategies."
As part of his departure from AccentCare, Rodgers is subject to non-compete obligations through June 30, 2025. Enhabit has not set a date for the 2025 annual meeting of its stockholders. If elected by stockholders, Rodgers will join the board after his non-compete obligations expire.