Company Website: http://www.chs.net
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- (Business Wire)

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced that it will provide an online Web simulcast and rebroadcast of its first-quarter 2012 conference call.

The Company will issue a press release announcing its results on Thursday, April 26, 2012, after the regular close of trading. The conference call is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Central time, 11:00 a.m. Eastern time, on Friday, April 27, 2012. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available online at www.chs.net and www.earnings.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. The online replay will follow shortly after the call and continue through May 25, 2012.

During this call Community Health Systems will review the Company’s financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.

Located in the Nashville, Tennessee, suburb of Franklin, Community Health Systems, Inc. is one of the largest publicly-traded hospital companies in the United States and a leading operator of general acute care hospitals in non-urban and mid-size markets throughout the country. Through its subsidiaries, the Company currently owns, leases or operates 134 hospitals in 29 states with an aggregate of approximately 20,000 licensed beds. Its hospitals offer a broad range of inpatient and surgical services, outpatient treatment and skilled nursing care. In addition, through its subsidiary, Quorum Health Resources, LLC, the Company provides management and consulting services to non-affiliated general acute care hospitals located throughout the United States. Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CYH.”

Contacts:

Community Health Systems, Inc.
Investor Contact:
W. Larry Cash, 615-465-7000
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
or
Lizbeth Schuler, 615-465-7000
Vice President - Investor Relations

Source: Community Health Systems, Inc.