Community Health Systems, Inc. announced at the end of 2015 that subsidiaries of the company have executed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority ownership of 227-bed IU Health La Porte Hospital in La Porte and 50-bed IU Health Starke Hospital in northwestern Indiana. With these additions, CHS will operate 11 hospitals in Indiana.
The company also announced the sale of Bartow Regional Medical Center (BRMC) in Bartow, Fla., along with related outpatient services, to subsidiaries of BayCare Health System, Inc. effective Jan. 1, 2016. With the divestiture of BRMC, CHS affiliates continue to operate 25 hospitals in Florida.