Article: Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of the Outstanding Joint Venture Interest in Its Birmingham, Alabama Facility.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced that a subsidiary has acquired from Baptist Health Systems, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama, that entity's 35% interest in Affinity Health Systems, LLC, which indirectly owns and operates Trinity Medical Center of Birmingham. The 560-bed hospital has been operated in a joint venture between a Community Health Systems, Inc. affiliate, as the 65% owner, and Baptist Health System, Inc. since the fall of 2005. This transaction closed effective June 30, 2008.

Located in the Nashville, Tennessee, suburb of Franklin, Community Health Systems, Inc. is the largest publicly-traded hospital company in ...

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