Community Health Systems (CYH) Divests Four Rural Hospitals
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Community Health Systems Announces Definitive Agreement to Divest Four Rural Hospitals, Three in Mississippi, One in Florida
September 29, 2016 7:00 AM EDTFRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that subsidiaries of the Company have signed a definitive agreement for the sale of four hospitals and their associated assets to subsidiaries of Curae Health, Inc. Facilities included in the transaction are 95-bed Merit Health Gilmore Memorial in Amory, Miss., 112-bed Merit Health Batesville in Batesville, Miss., 181-bed Merit Health Northwest Mississippi in Clarksdale, Miss. and 126-bed Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring, Fla.
The Company has previously announced plans to reduce and refine its overall portfolio with proceeds... More