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Community Health Systems to buy minority shares of Natchez (MS) hospital

By SFGate.com / Associated Press  
   October 08, 2014

The chief executive of Natchez's two newly combined hospitals says Community Health Systems will buy out a group of 10 physicians who own part of Natchez Community Hospital as part of its consolidation with Natchez Regional Medical Center. CEO Eric Robinson told The Natchez Democrat that the Tennessee-based company, which bought Natchez Regional out of bankruptcy, will try to cut jobs through attrition. He told a group of business leaders Friday that it's too soon to tell what consolidation will ultimately look like, in part because the parent company hopes one stronger hospital will keep more patients in Natchez and recruit more physicians.

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