Community Health Systems, Inc. Provides Update Regarding Commonwealth Health System
November 26 2024 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) provided an update on
the planned divestiture of Commonwealth Health System in
Pennsylvania.
On November 22, 2024, CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.
(“CHS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Health Systems,
Inc. (the “Company”), and WoodBridge Healthcare, Inc.
(“WoodBridge”) mutually agreed to terminate the Asset Purchase
Agreement dated July 30, 2024, as amended (the “Purchase
Agreement”), between CHS and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries (the
“CHS Selling Entities”) and WoodBridge and certain of its
affiliates.
Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement (which was previously
disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on
July 30, 2024), WoodBridge would have acquired substantially all of
the assets of, and assumed certain liabilities from, the CHS
Selling Entities related to Regional Hospital of Scranton in
Scranton, Pennsylvania, Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton,
Pennsylvania, and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, and certain related businesses.
The termination of the Purchase Agreement was due to
WoodBridge’s inability to satisfy the funding requirements in the
Purchase Agreement because of certain developments affecting the
expected proceeds available to WoodBridge from the issuance of
publicly offered tax-exempt and taxable bonds.
The Company will evaluate future options for Commonwealth Health
in light of the termination of this transaction.
About Community Health Systems, Inc.
Community Health Systems, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest
healthcare companies. The Company's affiliates are leading
providers of healthcare services, developing and operating
healthcare delivery systems in 39 distinct markets across 15
states. CHS subsidiaries own or lease 69 affiliated hospitals with
more than 11,000 beds and operate more than 1,000 sites of care,
including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding
emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging
centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers.
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.
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Media Contacts: Community Health Systems Tomi Galin,
615-628-6607 Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications,
Marketing and Public Affairs
Investor Contacts: Community Health Systems Kevin
Hammons, 615-465-7000 President and Chief Financial Officer
Anton Hie, 615-465-7012 Vice President – Investor Relations
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