Community Health Systems to Participate in 2005 Lehman Brothers Confer

    Business Editors

    BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2005--Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) announced today that management will participate in the Eighth Annual Lehman Brothers Global Healthcare Conference to be held March 30 - April 1, 2005, in Miami, Florida.
    The investor presentation by Wayne T. Smith, chairman, chief executive officer and president, will begin at 3:15 Eastern time on Wednesday, March 30, 2005, and will be available to investors via a live audio webcast. A link to the broadcast can be found at the investor relations section of the Company's website, www.chs.net, and a replay will be available for 30 days using that same link.
    Located in the Nashville, Tennessee, suburb of Brentwood, Community Health Systems is a leading operator of general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities throughout the country. Through its subsidiaries, the Company currently owns, leases or operates 71 hospitals in 22 states. Its hospitals offer a broad range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services. Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CYH."

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CONTACT: Community Health Systems, Inc. Investor Contact: W. Larry Cash, 615-373-9600 or Media Contact: Lovell Communications Rosemary Walsh (Tennessee), 615-297-7766

KEYWORD: TENNESSEE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MEDICAL CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: Community Health Systems, Inc.

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