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The Ensign Group, Inc. Announces Retirement of Its Executive Chairman
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., June 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG or “Ensign”), the parent company of the Ensign™ group of companies, which invest in and provide skilled nursing and senior living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, other rehabilitative and healthcare services, and real estate, announced today that Christopher Christensen, Executive Chairman and member of the Ensign Board of Directors, has provided notice to the board of his in
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