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accession: "0001193125-24-165979"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYH"
cik: "0001108109"
company_name: "COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:23:03.763444+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Community Health Systems terminates sale of two N.C. hospitals after FTC appeal blocks deal

## Summary
- Novant Health terminated Asset Purchase Agreement for Lake Norman Regional Medical Center (123 beds) and Davis Regional Psychiatric Hospital (144 beds) on June 18, 2024.
- Termination follows Fourth Circuit temporary injunction blocking sale pending FTC appeal; no termination fee payable.
- Company evaluating operations at the two hospitals; no immediate disruption to patient care.
- Deal originally announced Feb 2023; FTC sued to block, District Court allowed sale, Circuit Court granted injunction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-165979
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYH
- cik: 0001108109
- company_name: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312524165979/0001193125-24-165979-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312524165979/d855705d8k.htm

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