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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HAMMONS KEVIN J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC [CYH] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior VP and CAO (Last) (First) (Middle) 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2016 (Street) FRANKLIN, TN 37067 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/01/2016   M   13,334 A $ 0 57,463 D   Common Stock 03/01/2016   F   9,090 D $ 15.43 48,373 D   Common Stock 03/01/2016   A   25,000 A $ 0 73,373 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Based Restricted

$ 0

03/01/2016

M(1)

13,334

(1)

(1)

Common Stock

13,334

$ 0

0

D

Stock Options (Right to Buy)

$ 32.28

02/27/2009

02/26/2018

Common Stock

1,500

1,500

D

Stock Options (Right to Buy)

$ 33.9

02/24/2011

02/23/2020

Common Stock

1,000

1,000

D

Stock Options (Right to Buy)

$ 37.96

02/23/2012

02/22/2021

Common Stock

1,000

1,000

D

Stock Options (Right to Buy)

$ 21.07

02/16/2013

02/15/2022

Common Stock

4,000

4,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HAMMONS KEVIN J 4000 MERIDIAN BOULEVARD FRANKLIN, TN 37067			Senior VP and CAO

Signatures

Christopher G. Cobb, Attorney in Fact for Kevin J. Hammons		03/02/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the terms governing the award, the Company has achieved the cost savings ("synergies") from the Health Management Associates, Inc. ("HMA") merger transaction that were required to be achieved during the first two years following the HMA merger transaction, and, accordingly, the performance-based restrictions on the remaining portion of the award have lapsed as of the second anniversary of the date of grant. All such shares will now be reported on Table 1 as directly owned shares of Restricted Stock. There is also a time-vesting element. The time-vesting restrictions lapse in equal installments on the second and third anniversary of the date of grant.

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