Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions Names Vice President of Administration

Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc. has announced that Matthew C. Michaels has been promoted to Vice President of Administration. In this role, Mr. Michaels serves as a member of the company’s executive leadership team and leads several key departments including Communication, Human Resources, Information Services, Integrated Business Solutions, Legal, Process Excellence and Project Management.

Prior to leading Conifer administration, Mr. Michaels served two years as Senior Director of Operations Planning and Strategy for Tenet Patient Financial Services and five years leading Tenet’s eBusiness Strategy department. Before that, he worked in strategic consulting. Mr. Michaels holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Master’s in Business Administration degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

"Matt and his teams are the backbone of our business, and he is most deserving of this advancement,” says Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions President Stephen M. Mooney. "He has a tremendous track record of leadership accomplishments, especially the work he did guiding us toward the Conifer launch last year. His methodical, structured, organized approach to such a complex challenge served us extremely well, and we continue to rely on his leadership style as we begin working with each new client to create a seamless integration experience for their patients, physicians and employees.”

The Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions executive leadership team includes the following individuals:

• Stephen M. Mooney, President
• Lea Fourkiller, Chief Compliance Officer
• John M. Frenzel, Chief Financial Officer
• Matthew C. Michaels, Vice President, Administration
• Jeffrey M. Nieman, Vice President, Operations
• Janie Patterson, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Services
• Richard L. Smith, Chief Legal Officer
• Mike Thatcher, Vice President, Business Development
• Norma Zeringue, Vice President, Strategy

About Conifer

Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions and Conifer Patient Communications are operating units of Conifer Health Solutions, Inc., which provides services to more than 100 hospitals and health systems nationwide. Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions utilizes proprietary workflows and technology to offer comprehensive revenue cycle services ranging from patient pre-registration through the processing of governmental, managed care and self-pay claims. Conifer Patient Communications provides best-in-class communication services that include physician referrals, patient education, marketing services and pre-admission clinical appropriateness reviews.

Born from healthcare, Conifer Health Solutions is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and employs more than 2,000 people. For more information, call 1-877-CONIFER or visit the company’s Web site at www.coniferhealth.com.

Conifer Health Solutions, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC). Some of the statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on our current expectations and could be affected by numerous factors and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, certain of which are discussed in Tenet’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2008, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and periodic reports on Form 8- K. Do not rely on any forward-looking statement, as we cannot predict or control many of the factors that ultimately may affect our ability to achieve the results estimated. We make no promise to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of changes in underlying factors, new information, future events or otherwise.