---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-105539"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYH"
cik: "0001108109"
company_name: "COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:23:05.177993+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CHS CMO Dr. Lynn Simon retiring Dec 31; Dr. Miguel Benet to succeed as President & CMO

## Summary
- Dr. Lynn Simon to retire as President, Healthcare Innovation and CMO on Dec 31, 2024; will enter consulting role.
- Dr. Miguel Benet (currently EVP Clinical Ops) to become President of Clinical Operations & CMO effective Jan 1, 2025.
- Under Dr. Simon, CHS reduced its serious safety event rate by 90% over past decade and launched a virtual patient sitting program.
- Dr. Benet joined CHS in 2021, previously served as CMO for HCA's North Texas Division overseeing 16 hospitals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-105539
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYH
- cik: 0001108109
- company_name: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000095017024105539/0000950170-24-105539-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000095017024105539/cyh-20240911.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-105539
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-105539.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-105539.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Lynn T. Simon departed as President, Healthcare Innovation and Chief Medical Officer at COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President, Healthcare Innovation and Chief Medical Officer
  source text: Dr. Lynn T. Simon, President, Healthcare Innovation and Chief Medical Officer, will retire as an executive officer of the Company effective December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000095017024105539/0000950170-24-105539-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dr. Miguel S. Benet was appointed as President of Clinical Operations and Chief Medical Officer at COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President of Clinical Operations and Chief Medical Officer
  source text: the Company intends to appoint Miguel S. Benet, M.D., MPH, as President of Clinical Operations and Chief Medical Officer effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000095017024105539/0000950170-24-105539-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.