Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces Wayne T. Smith Will Transition from Chief Executive Officer to Executive Chairman, Effective January 1, 2021
October 27, 2020 at 04:20 pm EDT
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Community Health Systems, Inc. announced that Wayne T. Smith, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will transition from Chief Executive Officer to Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2021. Wayne T. Smith is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Community Health Systems, Inc.Mr. Smith joined the Company in January 1997 as President, a position he held until January 2014. Prior to joining Community Health Systems, Smith was President and Chief Operating Officer of Humana Inc., where he served in various management positions during 23 years with that company and as a director from 1993 to 1996.
Community Health Systems, Inc. is a healthcare company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, owns or leases over 71 affiliated hospitals, with approximately 12,000 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, through its affiliates, providers of healthcare services, develops and operating healthcare delivery systems in over 40 distinct markets across 15 states. Its hospitals are general care hospitals offering a range of inpatient and outpatient medical services. These services generally include general acute care, emergency room, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, diagnostic, psychiatric and rehabilitation services. In addition, some of its hospitals provide skilled nursing and home care services based on individual community needs.
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