NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) July 10, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that Community Health Systems Inc. senior note transaction, priced July 9, 2012, is $200 million higher than considered in our analysis. Specifically, the $1.2 billion senior note issue (due 2020) is $200 million higher than the amount we considered. The additional amount does not have any impact on our corporate credit and issue-level ratings, and our recovery rating of '5' is unchanged. The B+/Stable/-- rating on Community Health Systems Inc. reflects our assessment of its business risk profile as "fair" because of its large, relatively diversified portfolio of hospitals that helps the company manage uncertain reimbursement, and spread local market risk over many markets. We continue
