Community Health Systems Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell Bluefield, West Virginia Hospital
28 June 2019 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that
subsidiaries of the Company have signed a definitive agreement to
sell 92-bed Bluefield Regional Medical Center in Bluefield, West
Virginia, and its associated ancillary healthcare operations to
subsidiaries of Princeton Community Hospital. The transaction is
expected to close in the third quarter of 2019, subject to
customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
The hospital included in this transaction is among the
additional 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 107 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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