CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces Launch of Exchange Offer for Its 8 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2015.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. ("CHS/CHS"), a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced the launch of an offer to exchange the 8 7/8% Senior Notes due 2015 (the "Notes") that it sold on July 25, 2007, for new 8 7/8% Senior Notes due 2015 (the "Exchange Notes"). The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on November 13, 2007, unless extended. The Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects to the existing Notes, except that the Exchange Notes will be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and not subject to the transfer restrictions and registration rights that related to the existing Notes. CHS/CHS sold the existing Notes that are subject to the offer in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and to persons outside the United States under Regulation S.

Located in the Nashville, Tennessee, suburb of Franklin, Community Health Systems, Inc. is the largest publicly-traded hospital company 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 approximately 130 hospitals in 28 states and one in Ireland, with an aggregate of approximately 19,200 licensed beds. Its hospitals offer a broad range of inpatient medical and surgical services, outpatient treatment and skilled nursing care. In addition, through its QHR subsidiary, the Company provides management and consulting services to independent 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."

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