Community Health Systems Completes Divestiture of Lebanon, Tennessee Hospital
August 01 2019 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that
subsidiaries of the Company have completed the divestiture of
245-bed Tennova Healthcare - Lebanon in Lebanon, Tennessee, and its
associated assets to subsidiaries of Vanderbilt University Medical
Center. The transaction is effective August 1, 2019.
The hospital in this transaction is one of the planned
divestitures discussed on the Company’s first quarter 2019 earnings
call.
About Community Health Systems, Inc. Community Health
Systems, Inc. is one of the largest publicly traded hospital
companies in the United States and a leading operator of general
acute care hospitals in communities across the country. The
Company, through its subsidiaries, owns, leases or operates 105
affiliated hospitals in 18 states with an aggregate of
approximately 17,000 licensed beds. The Company’s headquarters are
located in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb south of Nashville. Shares
in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol “CYH.” More information about the Company
can be found on its website at www.chs.net.
Forward-Looking Statements Statements contained in this
news release regarding potential transactions, operating results,
and other events are forward-looking statements that involve risk
and uncertainties. Actual future events or results may differ
materially from these statements. Readers are referred to the
documents filed by Community Health Systems, Inc. with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s annual
report on Form 10-K, current reports on Form 8-K and quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q. These filings identify important risk factors
and other uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The Company
undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking
statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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