| Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) is an operator of hospitals in the United States. The Company provides healthcare services through these hospitals that it owns and operates in non-urban and selected urban markets throughout the United States. As of December 31, 2007, included in the Company's operations, are 115 hospitals that it owned, leased or operated. These hospitals are geographically diversified across 27 states, with an aggregate of 16,971 licensed beds. CHS generates revenues by providing a range of general and specialized hospital healthcare services to patients in the communities, in which the Company is located. Services provided by its hospitals include, but are not limited to, general acute care services, emergency room services, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics and diagnostic services. In February 2008, the Company announced the sale of nine hospitals to Capella Healthcare, Inc. |
