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Community Health Systems Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell Four Arkansas Hospitals to Freeman Health System
FRANKLIN, Tenn., March 05, 2026--Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of 128-bed Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville, in Bentonville, Arkansas, 222-bed Northwest Medical Center – Springdale in Springdale, Arkansas, 64-bed Northwest Medical Center – Willow Creek Women’s Hospital in Johnson, Arkansas, and 73-bed Siloam Springs Regional Hospital in Siloam Springs, Arka
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