Community Health invests for ambulatory surgery center growth

Community Health (CYH) Systems is steadily growing its network of ambulatory surgery centers offering same-day surgical care. In the first part of 2026 alone, subsidiaries opened de novo centers in Birmingham and Foley, Alabama, and acquired a majority ownership interest in a center in Anchorage, Alaska, increasing the count to 36 affiliated ASCs. The ASC count will soon grow to 37, as a subsidiary of the Company recently signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority ownership interest in Surgical Clinic Solutions, LLC dba Surgical Institute of Alabama in Vestavia, Alabama. The freestanding SIA performs more than 8,000 cases per year and is the largest multi-specialty surgery center in Alabama. Located in a Birmingham suburb, SIA has six operating rooms, two procedure rooms, nine pre-op and nine post-acute beds. Surgical specialists practicing at SIA deliver neurospine, orthospine, orthopedics, total joint reconstruction, general, urology and pain management procedures. The SIA transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Terms of the transaction remain confidential. When the SIA transaction is complete, CHS affiliate Grandview Health in Birmingham, Alabama, will have four ambulatory surgery centers offering the convenience of outpatient surgical services. Birmingham Musculoskeletal Institute at Grandview Health, which opened in April 2026, joined Grandview Urology Surgery Center and Grandview Endoscopy Center on the campus of Grandview Medical Center.