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Community Health Systems layoffs, on the record

Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Community Health Systems reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from approximately 61,000 to approximately 57,000.

Headcount, as reported

Annual reportEmployeesAs of
10-K for 2023approximately 61,000December 31, 2023
10-K for 2024approximately 60,000December 31, 2024
10-K for 2025approximately 57,000December 31, 2025

Job cuts, severance and restructuring

  1. Our summaryThe company recorded expense related to employee termination benefits and other restructuring charges, which was $12 million in 2023 and $6 million in 2022. Cost: 12

    Word for word“Expense related to employee termination benefits and other restructuring charges 12 6 — Change in estimate for professional claims liability related to divested locations — 15 — Expense from business transformation costs 22 — — Adjusted EBITDA $ 1,453 $ 1,466 $ 1,969 (9) Same-store operating results and statistical information include the results of businesses operated in the comparable current year and prior year periods and exclude businesses divested or closed in the periods presented.” 10-K for 2023

  2. Our summaryThe company recorded an after-tax charge of $10 million for restructuring charges tied to closing businesses and closing or consolidating service lines at certain hospitals. Cost: after-tax charge of $10 million

    Word for word“an after-tax charge of $10 million for restructuring charges related to the closure of businesses as well as service line closures and consolidations at certain hospitals.” 10-K for 2023

  3. Our summaryReported expense related to employee termination benefits and other restructuring charges, which was nil in 2024 and 12 million in 2023 (as shown in the Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation).

    Word for word“Expense related to employee termination benefits and other restructuring charges — 12 6 Change in estimate for professional claims liability 149 — 15 Expense from business transformation costs 52 22 — Adjusted EBITDA $ 1,540 $ 1,453 $ 1,466 (9) Same-store operating results and statistical information include the results of businesses operated in the comparable current year and prior year periods and exclude businesses divested or closed in the periods presented.” 10-K for 2024
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedRestructuring charges
2021-12-31$3 million

Community Health Systems has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.

Read from Community Health Systems’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-19. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.