Provider Profile: Non-urban hospitals are focus for CHS

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS SEEKS TO BUY TWO TO FOUR FACILITIES ANNUALLY

By Beth Mattson-Teig

With 68 hospitals in 21 states, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems Inc. (NYSE: CYH) has used an aggressive acquisition strategy to become the country’s largest owner of non-urban hospitals.

And while the publicly traded, for-profit company looks to continue growing through acquisitions, its approach has been far from haphazard. In fact, observers and analysts say the firm uses a consistent, standardized approach to acquiring and then integrating hospitals into its system

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