POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of the Jennifer C. Peters, Michael S. Coggin, and Kathy Teague,
signing singularly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


(1)		execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
  as an officer and/or director of LifePoint Health, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms
  3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned
may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

(2)		do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
or other form or report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
  undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
  contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
  attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

        The undersigned hereby revokes any and all previously existing Powers of
  Attorney relating to the matters covered hereby and this Power of Attorney
supersedes and replaces any such prior Powers of Attorney. This Power of
Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
  revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 8th day of June, 2018.



	/s/ John Michael Grooms
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John Michael Grooms
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