Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Scranton, Pennsylvania Health System (CYH)

Community Health Systems, Inc. CYH announced today that its subsidiaries have acquired substantially all of the assets of Mercy Health Partners in Northeast Pennsylvania, a system of hospitals and other healthcare providers based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The health system, acquired from Catholic Health Partners, includes 198-bed Regional Hospital of Scranton and 48-bed Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, which are both general acute care hospitals; Special Care Hospital, a 67-bed long-term acute care facility in Nanticoke; and other outpatient and ancillary services. With the successful conclusion of this transaction, there are now thirteen Community Health Systems, Inc. affiliated acute-care hospitals in Pennsylvania.