Community Health Systems Amends Senior Secured Credit Facility.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2003

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) today announced that it has amended its senior secured credit facility by exercising a feature allowing the Company to add up to $200 million of funded term loans. The amended facility consists of $1.050 billion in term loans that mature in 2010 and a $350 million revolving credit facility. The proceeds of the incremental term loan facility will be used to fund pending acquisitions and other corporate purposes.

Agent bankers for this transaction include JP Morgan Chase Bank as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A. as Syndication Agent and Wachovia First Union as Documentation Agent. JP Morgan Securities, Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC served as joint arrangers and co-managers for the credit facility.

Located in the Nashville, Tennessee suburb, Brentwood, Community Health Systems is a leading operator of general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities throughout the country. Through its subsidiaries, the Company currently owns, leases or operates 71 hospitals in 22 states. Its hospitals offer a broad range of inpatient medical and surgical services, outpatient treatment and skilled nursing care. Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CYH."