FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that an affiliate of the Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the associated assets of 421-bed Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida, to Florida Hospital Ocala, Inc., a subsidiary of Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation. As part of the transaction, Florida Hospital will assume the long-term lease and operations of Munroe Regional Medical Center. The transfer of the lease is subject to the consent of the Marion County Hospital District. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.

The hospital included in this transaction is among the additional planned divestitures discussed on the Company’s fourth quarter 2017 earnings call.

Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC is acting as the exclusive financial advisor to Adventist Health System on this transaction.

About Community Health Systems, Inc.

Community Health Systems, Inc. is one of the largest publicly traded hospital companies in the United States and a leading operator of general acute care hospitals in communities across the country. The Company, through its subsidiaries, owns, leases or operates 126 affiliated hospitals in 20 states with an aggregate of approximately 21,000 licensed beds. The Company’s headquarters are located in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb south of Nashville. Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CYH.” More information about the Company can be found on its website at www.chs.net.