Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) is steadily growing its network of ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) 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 (SIA) in Vestavia, Alabama.