Press Release: Sparkshealth : Community Health Systems Completes Divestiture of Arkansas-Based Sparks Health System

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that subsidiaries of the Company have completed the sale of Sparks Health System - 492-bed Sparks Regional Medical Center in Ft. Smith, Ark. and 103-bed Sparks Medical Center in Van Buren, Ark. and related businesses, including physician clinic operations and outpatient services - to Baptist Health in Little Rock, Ark. The effective date of the transaction is November 1, 2018. The hospitals are among th