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- **Revenue Expansion**: 6% YoY same-store net revenue growth, driven by rate increases and state programs.
- **Margin Improvement**: Adjusted EBITDA margin 12.2%, up 100bps YoY, despite higher acuity.
- **Debt Reduction**: Leverage down to 6.7x, with refinanced debt maturing in 2029.
- **Strategic Growth**: Investing in new service lines and recruiting 160+ physicians/Apps.
- **Challenges**: Outpatient volume softness persists, medical specialist fees rising.

**【Management Remarks】**
- **Revenue Growth and Strategic Investments**: Same-store net revenue increased 6% YoY, driven by rate growth and state-directed payments. Inpatient admissions were flat, while outpatient surgeries remained soft. The company invested in new service lines (e.g., robotic surgery, neurosurgery) and recruited 160+ new physicians/Apps.
- **Financial Health**: Leverage reduced to 6.7x (from 7.4x in 2024), with $1.743 billion of Senior Secured Notes refinanced to 2034. A $28 million legal settlement boosted Q3 results.
- **Operational Efficiency**: Marginal margin expansion despite higher acuity mix, with disciplined cost control in labor and supplies.

**【CFO Financial Commentary】**
- **Profitability**: Adjusted EBITDA of $376 million (+8.3% YoY), margin 12.2% (up 100bps). Excluding the legal gain, margin was 11.4% (+20bps).
- **Volume Metrics**: Same-store inpatient admissions +1.3% YoY, adjusted admissions +0.3%. Outpatient surgeries and ED visits declined 2.2% and 1.3%, respectively.
- **Cost Management**: Labor and supplies expenses were stable/declining, with medical specialist fees up 4% YoY but expected to rise in 2026.
- **Liquidity**: Year-to-date cash flows from operations $277 million, with adjusted free cash flow slightly negative. Refinancing extended maturities to 2029, supporting $195 million lab divestiture proceeds.

**【Q&A Highlights】**
- **Volume Trends**: Sequential improvement in payer mix and volumes, but outpatient surgeries remain constrained by consumer demand. Q4 expected to reflect seasonal recovery.
- **Capital Deployment**: Positive free cash flow for 2025 may fund growth (e.g., ASCs, freestanding EDs) or deleverage.
- **2026 Outlook**: Medicare rate increases and rural health funding could offset outpatient pressures. AI tools aim to mitigate medical specialist fee growth.
- **Risks**: Economic headwinds, immigration policy impacts, and flu season uncertainty.

Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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