UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
	FORM	8-K
CURRENT REPORTPursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

UNITED STATES

~~Date~~SECURITIES ofAND ~~Report~~EXCHANGE ~~(Date of earliest event reported): March 4, 2026~~COMMISSION

~~Ardent Health~~WASHINGTON, ~~Inc~~D.C. ~~(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)~~20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 27, 2026 (March 24, 2026)

ARDENT HEALTH, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware	001-42180	61-1764793
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


340 Seven Springs Way, Suite 100, Brentwood, Tennessee						37027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)						(Zip Code)

(615) 296-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

~~___________________~~Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

~~Check~~o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the ~~appropriate~~Securities ~~box~~Act ~~below~~(17 ifCFR 230.425) o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the ~~Form~~Exchange 8Act (17 CFR 240.14a-K12) ~~filing~~o isPre-commencement ~~intended~~communications pursuant to ~~simultaneously~~Rule ~~satisfy~~14d-2(b) under the ~~filing~~Exchange ~~obligation~~Act of(17 ~~the~~CFR ~~Registrant~~240.14d-2(b)) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each Class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $.01 par value per share

ARDT

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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~~Emerging~~If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐o

IfItem an5.02. Departure ~~emerging~~of ~~growth~~Directors ~~company,~~or ~~indicate~~Certain byOfficers; ~~check~~Election ~~mark~~of ifDirectors; ~~the~~Appointment ~~Registrant~~of ~~has~~Certain ~~elected~~Officers; ~~not~~Compensatory toArrangements ~~use~~of ~~the~~Certain ~~extended transition~~ Officers.

~~period~~On ~~for~~March ~~complying~~24, ~~with~~2026, ~~any~~Ardent ~~new~~Health, orInc. ~~revised~~(the ~~financial~~“Company”) ~~accounting~~and ~~standards~~Ethan ~~provided~~Chernin determined that Mr. Chernin would no longer serve as President, Hospital Services and would depart the Company effective that day. The Company treated Mr. Chernin’s departure from the Company as a “Qualifying Termination” pursuant to ~~Section~~the 13Company’s Executive Severance Plan (athe “Severance Plan”). Mr. Chernin will be entitled to receive severance and related benefits for such a separation, subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Severance Plan. The severance and related benefits under the Severance Plan are described further in the proxy statement for the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed on Schedule 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2025, and in the Severance Plan, filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2024.

~~Exchange Act. o~~SIGNATURES

~~Item 2.02. Results~~Pursuant to the requirements of ~~Operations~~the ~~and~~Securities ~~Financial~~Exchange ~~Condition.~~Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

On March 4, 2026, Ardent Health, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter ended


Dated: March 27, 2026	ARDENT HEALTH, INC.

	By:	/s/ Stephen C. Petrovich
	Name:	Stephen C. Petrovich
	Title:	Executive Vice President & General Counsel

December 31, 2025. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is

incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be

deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),

or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. This information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing

under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent specifically provided in any such

filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits:

Exhibit No.	Exhibit Description
Exhibit 99.1	Press Release, dated March 4, 2026
Exhibit 104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed

on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 4, 2026	ARDENT HEALTH, INC.
	By:	/s/ Alfred Lumsdaine
	Name:	Alfred Lumsdaine
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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