Community Health Systems to Acquire Northeast Pennsylvania Health System

Community Health Systems, Inc. CYH announced today that its subsidiary has executed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Mercy Health Partners, located in northeast Pennsylvania, from Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners. The health system includes two full service acute care hospitals, 198-bed Mercy Hospital, Scranton, and 48-bed Mercy Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. The system also includes Mercy Special Care Hospital, a 67-bed long-term acute care hospital located in Nanticoke, and other outpatient and ancillary services. The transaction is subject to customary federal and state regulatory approvals, including review and approval by the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.