Conifer Health Solutions to Explain How Hospitals Can Maximize Yield in Revenue Cycle

Conifer Health Solutions Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle Operations Jeff Nieman will discuss how hospitals and healthcare systems can calculate yield, or rate of return, and utilize the ultimate measurement of revenue cycle success during an upcoming executive webinar, “Maximizing Yield: The Science Behind Improving Revenue Cycle Performance.” The event, which will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m. CST, is being sponsored by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).

Mr. Nieman, who has more than a dozen years of leadership experience in the healthcare industry, currently has full operations responsibility for Conifer’s $10 billion revenue cycle portfolio. During the presentation, he will explain to hospital leaders how to define yield and why they should be concerned about it. He will also help them identify which areas of the revenue cycle their teams need to focus on to maximize yield and will offer insight into how they can do so at all points of the revenue cycle – from front to back.

For more information and to register for the webinar, visit the HFMA Web site at http://www.hfma.org/events/webcasts/AWC112409.htm.

About Conifer

Conifer Health Solutions provides Revenue Cycle and Patient Communications services to more than 100 hospitals and health systems nationwide. Conifer utilizes proprietary workflows and technology to offer comprehensive Revenue Cycle Solutions ranging from patient pre-registration through the processing of governmental, managed care and self-pay claims. The company also provides best-in-class Patient Communications 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 2,200 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.