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EX-12 - EX-12 - COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INCg25444exv12.htm
EX-4.1 - EX-4.1 - COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INCg25444exv4w1.htm
EX-32.2 - EX-32.2 - COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INCg25444exv32w2.htm
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INCg25444exv31w1.htm
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INCg25444exv31w2.htm
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INCg25444e10vq.htm
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Wayne T. Smith, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
         
 
  /s/ Wayne T. Smith    
 
 
 
Wayne T. Smith
   
 
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer    
July 29, 2011
     A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Community Health Systems, Inc. and will be retained by Community Health Systems, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.