Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) announced today that the Company will issue a press release announcing its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007, after the market closes on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Slides reflecting the quarter’s results will be available on the Company’s website at www.chs.net shortly after the press release is issued on April 25, 2007.

A pre-recorded management presentation discussing these results will be available online beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central time, 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at www.chs.net and www.earnings.com. To listen to the presentation, please go to the website at least 15 minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. The online replay will follow shortly after the call and continue through May 3, 2007.

Located in the Nashville, Tennessee, suburb of Franklin, 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 78 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."