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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-297100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYH"
cik: "0001108109"
company_name: "COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T10:05:26.510851+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wayne T. Smith to retire as Executive Chairman of Community Health Systems effective Jan 1, 2023; remains Chairman

## Summary
- Smith steps down from Executive Chairman role on Jan 1, 2023, continues as non-executive Chairman of the Board.
- Transition is culmination of succession plan begun in Jan 2021 when Smith exited CEO role; Tim Hingtgen remains CEO.
- Smith served 26 years, leading expansion from small rural operator to over 80 hospitals and 1,000 outpatient sites.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-297100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYH
- cik: 0001108109
- company_name: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-02T23:59:59+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/1108109/000119312522297100/0001193125-22-297100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312522297100/d375409d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-297100
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-297100.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-297100.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wayne T. Smith retired as Executive Chairman at COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On December 1, 2022, Wayne T. Smith, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company that he will retire as Executive Chairman, an officer of the Company, on January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312522297100/0001193125-22-297100-index.htm

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