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IMPORTANT QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Quorum Health Corporation

Lead Plaintiff Deadline is November 8, 2016

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / September 14, 2016 / Wolf
Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on behalf of investors who purchased Quorum Health Corporation (“Quorum” or the “Company”) (NYSE: QHC) securities: (1) pursuant and/or traceable to Quorum’s Registration Statement issued in connection with the Company’s spinoff from Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”) effective on or about April 29, 2016; and/or (2) on the open market between May 2, 2016 and August 10, 2016, both dates inclusive, (the “Class Period”).

Shareholders who have incurred losses in Quorum Health Corporation are urged to contact the firm immediately
at classmember@whafh.com or
(800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774. You may also review the filed complaint and
obtain additional information concerning the action on our website, www.whafh.com.

If you purchased shares of Quorum Health Corporation, you may, no later than
November 8, 2016, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class.

Quorum is an independent operator and manager of general acute-care hospitals and outpatient services in the United States, with facilities in 16 states. Quorum was spun off from CHS effective April 29, 2016. Under the terms of the spin-off, CHS stockholders who held CHS common stock as of April 22, 2016, the record date, received a distribution of one share of Quorum common stock for every four shares of CHS common stock, plus cash in lieu of any fractional shares. CHS’s stockholders owned all of the outstanding common stock of Quorum upon completion of the spinoff.

The filed Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company’s business, operational and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) a number of Quorum’s hospitals were underperforming at the time of the spin-off from CHS; (ii) various other indicators of impairment existed at the time of Quorum’s spin-off from CHS; (iii) Quorum disregarded and/or failed to advise investors of the foregoing issues; and (iv) as a result of the foregoing, Quorum’s public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

On August 10, 2016, Quorum issued a press release and filed a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the SEC announcing the Company’s financial and operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2016 (the “Q2 2016 10-Q”). In the press release and Q2 2016 10-Q, Quorum reported a substantial net loss and an operating loss for the quarter. Defendants blamed the large operating loss on the $250.4 million in impairment charges Quorum had taken in the quarter, including $45.4 million to reduce certain long-lived asset values in property, equipment and software; $5 million in goodwill based on management’s decision to divest certain hospitals; and $200 million related to the carryover allocation of goodwill at the time of the spin-off from CHS.

On this news, Quorum’s share price fell $4.99, or 49.8%, to close at $5.03 on August 11, 2016.

Wolf
Haldenstein
has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.

If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions regarding your rights and interests in this case, please immediately contact Wolf
Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
by telephone at (800) 575-0735, via e-mail at classmember@whafh.com, or visit our website at www.whafh.com.

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Contact:

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
Patrick Donovan, Esq.
Gregory Stone, Director of Case and Financial Analysis
Email: gstone@whafh.com, donovan@whafh.com or classmember@whafh.com
Tel: (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774

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SOURCE: Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP

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