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To Our Community:

  “                          This past year was truly a remarkable        here in Macon. This was a time for the
                             year in the history of Navicent Health       members of our community to voice their
 We are working with our     and for the region we serve. As we           opinions of our proposed combination.
   teammates at Atrium       present our 2018 Report to Our               I’m pleased to say that our community
                             Community and look back at the past          turned out in overwhelming support,
Health to integrate our two  year, I am amazed by all we accomplished     unanimously supporting our desire
 organizations, becoming     in such a brief time period.                 to combine with Atrium Health. The
 one of the leading health                                                Attorney General said it was the longest
  systems not only in the       As you may know, in February 2018,        hearing he had ever attended due to the
Southeast but in the U.S.    Navicent Health and Atrium Health—a          number of people who came to voice their
                             Charlotte, North Carolina-based health       support. Not one person spoke against
  ”                          system and one of the leading system’s       the proposed combination. Following the
                             in the nation—announced our intent           hearing, the Georgia Attorney General
                             to enter into a strategic combination.       approved our proposed combination.
                             Our purpose was multifaceted, and we
                             pursued this strategic combination for a        Once the Georgia Attorney General
                             number of reasons, all for the benefit of    approved the combination, the final
                             the residents of this region, including:     terms were presented to the boards of
                             More Resources                               both organizations, and, in December,
                                                                          both boards unanimously approved our
                                The combination of Navicent Health        strategic combination, which became
                             and Atrium Health will bring more            effective Jan. 1, 2019. As we move into
                             resources to expand healthcare delivery      the new year, we are working with our
                             in central and south Georgia.                teammates at Atrium Health to integrate
                             Maintain Access to Quality Local Care        our two organizations, becoming one of
                                                                          the leading health systems not only in
                                The partnership of Navicent Health        the Southeast, but in the U.S.
                             and Atrium Health means patients in
                             central Georgia will get all of the medical     While this was one of the main
                             care they need without traveling outside     focuses of 2018, we continued to
                             the region.                                  make a number of achievements on a
                             New Medical Advancements                     local, regional and national level. We
                                                                          constructed the region’s only dedicated
                                Navicent Health will benefit from         pediatric hospital. We continued our
                             Atrium Health’s commitment to                commitment to minimizing healthcare
                             resources that has made it one of the        disparities and improving health equity.
                             nation’s most advanced and innovative        And we continued our commitment to
                             healthcare systems.                          providing the region with high-quality,
                             Local Control                                compassionate care. We invite you to look
                                                                          back at the past year with us in the pages
                                Navicent Health will continue to have     of this report, and we invite you to look
                             a local board with a strong voice to guide   forward to the coming year with hopeful
                             local decisions.                             expectation.
                             Improved Growth Potential
                                                                             With kindest regards,
                                As a result of combining with Atrium
                             Health, Navicent Health has the                Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders, FACHE
                             opportunity to solidify and grow its           President & CEO
                             position as one of the leading medical         Navicent Health
                             centers in the southeast.

                                Following the announcement of our
                             intent to combine, we entered into a time
                             of due diligence. Then, in November 2018,
                             we participated in a hearing with the
                             Georgia Attorney General’s office, held

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