CEO Dr. Joseph Webb will officially step down from the helm of Nashville General Hospital on March 14. The Metropolitan Hospital Authority Board unanimously approved a motion to not renew his contract and accepted his decision to not renew during its meeting Thursday evening.

Nashville General Hospital CEO Joseph Webb submitted his resignation Thursday just hours before the Hospital Authority board was set to vote on renewing his contract. Why it matters: Webb's departure creates an opening at the helm of the city-owned safety net hospital,

The CEO of a safety-net hospital owned by the city of Nashville, Tennessee, has announced his resignation after an independent government auditor’s investigation found credible allegations of “frau | Allegations of “fraud,