Inova Health history

In 1976, the association took over the lease of Commonwealth Doctors Hospital in the City of Fairfax and opened Mount Vernon Hospital in the southeastern portion of the county.

Following the retirement of Franklin P. Iams, J. Knox Singleton became president of the Fairfax Hospital Association in 1984.

Inova opened the Inova HealthPlex, an ambulatory care center, in the Franconia/Springfield area in April 2001.

In 2003, Inova laid off 113 of its 14,000 employees and considered moving Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in an attempt to cut costs.

In October 2004, the system merged with Loudoun Healthcare, adding the Loudoun Hospital Center to its portfolio.

Mark S. Stauder became the chief operating officer of Inova Health Systems in September 2006.

Inova in June 2008 dropped its plans to merge with Prince William Health System, which ran the Prince William Hospital, following a legal challenge by the Federal Trade Commission.

In 2010, Inova sold its Cameron Glen Care Center and Commonwealth Care Center nursing homes to Northern Virginia Health Investors, a joint venture of Commonwealth Care of Roanoke and Smith/Packett Med-Com, which operated the facilities for a few years before building new ones in Sterling and Oakton.

Inova joined with Aetna to form a jointly owned health insurance company, Innovation Health Plans, in 2012.

Inova opened its second HealthPlex in the Lorton area in March 2013.

In 2016, Inova and the University of Virginia Health System announced an agreement to form a partnership between the two systems.

On April 9, 2018, J. Knox Singleton retired as CEO of Inova Health System naming J. Stephen Jones, MD as his successor.