Team Health Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH), a clinical outsourcing provider in healthcare, appointed Leif Murphy as president and CEO, effective no later than Oct. 1. Team Health operates healthcare staffing firm D&Y among its other business operations.

Murphy succeeds Michael Snow, who is retiring. TeamHealth named Snow president in April 2013, and he added the CEO role in August 2014.

Murphy has nearly 20 years of experience as a healthcare executive, most recently serving as executive VP of LifePoint Health, including the role CFO and chief development officer. He has held other senior positions at healthcare companies, including CEO of DSI Renal Inc., and before that as an executive at Caremark Inc. 

“We welcome Leif to TeamHealth as we enhance our service offerings to hospital and post-acute partners, recruit and retain the best and brightest clinicians and play a leadership role in the evolving healthcare marketplace,” said Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and executive chairman of TeamHealth. “These are dynamic times in healthcare, and Leif is well-suited to lead the organization into the future. We take great pride in knowing that Leif possesses broad industry experience across the healthcare landscape. His leadership roles in multi-site inpatient and outpatient operations, his commitment to patient safety and quality and his trusted relationships with physicians and other clinicians make him an ideal leader for TeamHealth.”