---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-351424"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYH"
cik: "0001108109"
company_name: "COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T02:43:34.182981+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Community Health Systems GC Ben Fordham to retire Feb 2022; Justin Pitt to succeed as General Counsel

## Summary
- Ben Fordham, EVP, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, will retire at end of February 2022.
- Justin D. Pitt, currently SVP and Chief Litigation Counsel, will be appointed General Counsel effective March 1, 2022.
- Fordham joined the company in 2007; Pitt joined in 2009 and will oversee legal and government relations.
- Fordham expected to enter consulting agreement to advise CEO on legal matters post-retirement.
- Pitt's compensation as GC not yet determined; he serves on boards of non-profit organizations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-351424
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYH
- cik: 0001108109
- company_name: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312521351424/0001193125-21-351424-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312521351424/d263539d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-351424
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-351424.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-351424.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Benjamin C. Fordham departed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: will retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
  source text: On December 8, 2021, Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Benjamin C. Fordham, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, will retire as an officer of the Company effective at the end of February 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312521351424/0001193125-21-351424-index.htm
- Executive change
  Justin D. Pitt was appointed as General Counsel at COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: intends to appoint
  - Role: General Counsel
  source text: In conjunction with Mr. Fordham’s retirement, the Company intends to appoint Justin D. Pitt as General Counsel effective March 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312521351424/0001193125-21-351424-index.htm

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