Community Health Systems Inc

Community Health Systems, Inc. is one of the largest healthcare companies in the United States. Its affiliates develop and operate healthcare delivery systems in 36 distinct markets across 14 states. As of December 31, 2025, its subsidiaries own or lease 69 affiliated hospitals with over 10,000 beds, and operate more than 1,000 sites of care. These sites include physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging centers, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgery centers. The company generates revenue by providing a wide range of general and specialized hospital healthcare services and outpatient services. These services include general acute care, emergency room, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, diagnostic, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services. Payment for services comes from governmental agencies, private insurers, and directly from patients. As of December 31, 2025, the company employed approximately 1,700 physicians and an additional 1,400 licensed healthcare practitioners. The company provides standardization and centralization of operations, strategic assistance for service and facility expansion, patient safety and quality improvement programs, and recruitment assistance for physicians and licensed healthcare practitioners. In some markets, the company partners with local physicians, for-profit entities, and/or not-for-profit providers in facility ownership.