Community Health Systems Completes Divestiture of Arkansas-Based Sparks Health System
November 01 2018 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that
subsidiaries of the Company have completed the sale of Sparks
Health System – 492-bed Sparks Regional Medical Center in Ft.
Smith, Ark. and 103-bed Sparks Medical Center in Van Buren, Ark.
and related businesses, including physician clinic operations and
outpatient services – to Baptist Health in Little Rock, Ark. The
effective date of the transaction is November 1, 2018.
The hospitals are among the announced divestitures discussed on
the Company’s third quarter 2018 earnings call.
Community Health Systems affiliates continue to operate six
hospitals in Arkansas.
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 115 affiliated hospitals in 20 states with an aggregate of
approximately 19,000 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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Community Health Systems, Inc.Investor
Contacts:Thomas J. Aaron, 615-465-7000Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial OfficerorRoss W. Comeaux, 615-465-7012Vice
President – Investor RelationsorMedia Contact:Tomi Galin,
615-628-6607Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications,
Marketing and Public Affairs
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