---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-234469"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYH"
cik: "0001108109"
company_name: "COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T18:44:35.132565+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Community Health Systems appoints retired Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess to Board

## Summary
- Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr. appointed to Board of Directors, term expiring at 2024 annual meeting.
- Burgess brings cybersecurity and national security expertise; former head of Defense Intelligence Agency.
- Board size increased from 12 to 13; Burgess appointed to Audit and Compliance Committee.
- Amended and Restated Bylaws enhance stockholder nomination procedures and add federal forum for Securities Act claims.
- No related party transactions or arrangements in connection with Burgess's selection.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-234469
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYH
- cik: 0001108109
- company_name: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312523234469/0001193125-23-234469-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312523234469/d513875d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-234469
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-234469.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-234469.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. was elected as Director at COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 12, 2023, Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. (US Army, Retired) was elected as a director to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) and accepted this appointment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312523234469/0001193125-23-234469-index.htm

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