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Community Health Systems forms 8-hospital network

Eight Northeastern Pennsylvania hospitals owned by Tennessee's Community Health Systems have formed a new regional health system called Commonwealth Health to unite resources, information and Read more...

Former CEO of several hospitals jailed for fraud, bribes, tax evasion

In what could be an addition to the 10 Notorious Healthcare Execs in 2011, ex-hospital leader Abraham Martinez began serving his five years in prison last month for his role in a healthcare fraud Read more...

Health system exec makes top 10 list of overpaid CEOs

With a compensation that totals nearly $21 million in 2010, CEO Wayne Smith of Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) in Tennessee, ranks number six on the list of overpaid CEOs, according to Read more...

Record-breaking mergers and acquisitions hit hospitals

It seems recently that mergers and acquisitions fill the healthcare landscape these days. Yesterday, Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa., signed an agreement to merge with Geisinger Health Read more...

CHS rebuts Tenet at earnings meeting

The ongoing tug-of-war regarding Community Health Systems' (NYSE: CYH) hostile takeover attempt of Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) dominated a CHS meeting earnings call last week, with the company Read more...

Feds widen probe into CHS billing practices

The U.S. Justice Department has widened and is coordinating a probe by several agencies into the billing practices of Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH), report Reuters and Healthcare Finance News. Read more...

Hospital stocks impacted by CYH fraud charges

Shares of Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) started to bounce back Tuesday, just one day after plunging 36 percent on claims that the Franklin, Tenn.-based hospital chain systematically overbilled Read more...

Tenet: CHS admitting patients unnecessarily to pad bottom line

The ongoing battle between hospital chains Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) and Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) has taken yet another turn this week, with the former claiming in a complaint in Read more...

Tenet's (NYSE: THC) Q4 earnings more than triple

Dallas-based hospital operator Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) saw its fourth-quarter earnings more than triple, driven by strong pricing growth, continued cost performance and a boost in patient Read more...

Community Health Systems acquires three-hospital system

Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) has agreed to acquire a three-hospital system in northeast Pennsylvania from Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners, the health chain announced yesterday. The Read more...

Press Releases

Community Health Systems to Participate in the Leerink Swann 2012 Global Healthcare Conference

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced that management will participate in the Leerink Swann 2012 Global Healthcare Conference to be held Read more >>

Community Health Systems to Broadcast Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2011 Conference Call Live on the Internet

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) today announced that it will provide an online Web simulcast and rebroadcast of its fourth-quarter and year-end 2011 Read more >>

Community Health Systems to Participate in the UBS 22nd Annual Global Healthcare Services Conference

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced that management will participate in the UBS 22nd Annual Global Healthcare Services Conference to be held Read more >>

Community Health Systems Announces Execution of Agreement to Affiliate with Longview, Texas, Multi-Speciality Clinic

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into an agreement to merge operations with Diagnostic Clinic Read more >>

Community Health Systems to Participate in the 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced that management will participate in the 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to be held January Read more >>