# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001659816
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-088486
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 11063
**Document Hash:** 833513614b88df63b9befa5d2708bdfe
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-088486.hdr.sgml**: 20260303

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-088486

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 4

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260301

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260303

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260303

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Williams Hubert James
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001659816

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 4
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-15925
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26715510

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4000 MERIDIAN BLVD
- **CITY:** FRANKLIN
- **STATE:** TN
- **ZIP:** 37067
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001108109
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-GENERAL MEDICAL & SURGICAL HOSPITALS, NEC [8062]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 133893191
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD
- **CITY:** FRANKLIN
- **STATE:** TN
- **ZIP:** 37067
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 615-465-7000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD
- **CITY:** FRANKLIN
- **STATE:** TN
- **ZIP:** 37067

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC/
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000229

## Ex-24.Txt

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned

officer and/or director (herein, the Filer) of

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., (the Company)

hereby constitutes and appoints each of

JUSTIN D. PITT, JASON K. JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER

G. COBB and CAROL R. CLIFTON, signing singly,

the Filer's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the Filer, a

FORM ID (or any such form as may be adopted)

for the purpose of obtaining on behalf of

Filer, a CIK, CCC and other filing codes and

related items from the Securities and Exchange

Commission (the SEC) as necessary to permit

each such Filer to make filings on the SEC's

Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and

Retrieval system, and to perform all acts

necessary in order to obtain such codes and

related items as he or she shall deem

appropriate; 2. execute for and on behalf

of the Filer, in the Filer's capacity as an

officer and/or director of the Company, Forms

3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the

rules thereunder; 3. execute for and on behalf

of the Filer, in the Filer's capacity as an

officer and/or director of the Company one or

more notices on Form 144 relating to any orders

or instructions to sell securities of the Company

in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities

Act of 1933 and the rules thereunder; 4. do and

perform any and all acts for and on behalf of

the Filer which may be necessary or desirable

to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5,

or 144, complete and execute any amendment or

amendments thereto, and timely file such form

with the United States Securities and Exchange

Commission and any stock exchange or similar

authority; and 5. take any other action of any

type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing

which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,

may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,

or legally required by the Filer in his or her

capacity as an officer and/or director of the

Company, it being understood that the documents

executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of

the Filer pursuant to this Power of Attorney

shall be in such form and shall contain such

terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's

discretion. The Filer hereby grants to each such

attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do

and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever

requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the

exercise of any of the rights and powers herein

granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as

the undersigned might or could do if personally

present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all

that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,

shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue

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of this power of attorney and the rights and powers

herein granted. The Filer acknowledges that the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such

capacity at the request of the Filer, are not

assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

Filer's responsibilities to comply with Section 16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144

of the Securities Act of 1933. This Power of Attorney

shall remain in full force and effect until the

Filer is no longer required to file Forms

3, 4, 5, or 144 with respect to the Filer's holdings

of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the Filer in

a signed writing delivered to the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Filer has caused this Power

of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of

February, 2026.

/s/ Hubert James Williams

Hubert James Williams

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### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 4

### STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[ ] Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Williams Hubert James<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>FRANKLIN, TN 37067<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2026-03-01 | **5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner<br>[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_ _ |
| **2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC [ CYH ] | **4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock | 2026-03-01 |  | M |  | 9756<sup>(1)</sup> | A | $0 | 171024 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 2026-03-01 |  | M |  | 20906<sup>(1)</sup> | A | $0 | 191930 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 2026-03-01 |  | M |  | 19933<sup>(1)</sup> | A | $0 | 211863 | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Restricted Stock Units | $0 | 2026-03-01 |  | M |  |  | 9756 | <sup>(2)</sup> | <sup>(2)</sup> | Common Stock | 9756 | $0 | 0 | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Units | $0 | 2026-03-01 |  | M |  |  | 20906 | <sup>(2)</sup> | <sup>(2)</sup> | Common Stock | 20906 | $0 | 20906 | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Units | $0 | 2026-03-01 |  | M |  |  | 19933 | <sup>(2)</sup> | <sup>(2)</sup> | Common Stock | 19933 | $0 | 39868 | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Units | $0 | 2026-03-01 |  | A |  | 52023 |  | <sup>(2)</sup> | <sup>(2)</sup> | Common Stock | 52023 | $0 | 52023 | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Units | $0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | <sup>(3)</sup> | <sup>(3)</sup> | Common Stock | 53779 |  | 53779 | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) The security converts to common stock on a one-to-one basis.

(2) These restricted stock units vest in 1/3 increments on the first, second and third anniversary of the date of the grant. Upon vesting, these restricted stock units will be settled in shares of the Issuer's common stock on a one-for-one basis.

(3) These restricted stock units vested in 1/3 increments on the first, second and third anniversary of the date of grant.  Based on the Reporting Person's prior deferral elections pursuant to the terms of the award agreement, these restricted stock units will be settled in shares of the Issuer's common stock on a one-for-one basis upon the Reporting Person's cessation as a director or upon a date or dates previously specified by the Reporting Person.

**Signature:** Christopher G. Cobb, Attorney in Fact for Hubert James Williams  
**Date:** 2026-03-03

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**