Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

On October 27, 2020, Community Health Systems, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that Wayne T. Smith, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, will transition from his role as the Company's Chief Executive Officer to the role of Executive Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors effective January 1, 2021. The Company plans to appoint Tim L. Hingtgen, currently President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2021. Mr. Hingtgen will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors following such appointment.

Mr. Hingtgen, age 53, has served as our President and Chief Operating Officer since September 2016. He is responsible for strategic and operational priorities of the Company and providing oversight and direction to the senior corporate and regional operations leaders who directly support the Company's affiliated hospitals. Mr. Hingtgen has served on the Company's Board of Directors since May 2017. He joined the Company in 2008 as a Vice President of Division Operations, and, in January 2014, he was promoted to Division President. In that position, Mr. Hingtgen oversaw the operations of the Company's affiliated hospitals in the western United States. In May 2016, Mr. Hingtgen was promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations. In that position he worked directly with the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer to advance the Company's strategic priorities and to help elevate operational and financial performance in key markets. Mr. Hingtgen has over 20 years of healthcare management experience. Prior to joining the Company, he held chief executive officer and chief operating officer positions at for-profit hospitals in Arizona, Indiana and Nevada. Mr. Hingtgen has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Mr. Hingtgen is not a party to any plan, contract or arrangement with the Company entered into in connection with his upcoming appointment as Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Hingtgen's compensation as Chief Executive Officer has not yet been determined. Additionally, Mr. Smith is not a party to any plan, contract or arrangement with the Company entered into in connection with his upcoming appointment as Executive Chairman, and Mr. Smith's compensation as Executive Chairman has not yet been determined.

A copy of the press release announcing the matters discussed above is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 5.02.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed herewith:





Exhibit
  No.       Description

99.1          Community Health Systems, Inc. Press Release dated October 27, 2020.

104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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