FTC Seeks to Block Community Health Systems Sale of Two Hospitals

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.