Conifer Health Solutions Names Chief Compliance Officer.

DALLAS -- Conifer Health Solutions, Inc. has announced that Lea Fourkiller has been named Chief Compliance Officer for Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc. and Conifer Patient Communications, Inc. Fourkiller will serve as a member of each company's executive leadership team and will be responsible for leading their values-based ethics program.

"Conifer has a comprehensive and robust compliance program that is integral to our operations, and we are extremely pleased to have someone with Lea's background and experience to lead it," says Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions President Stephen M. Mooney. "Her expertise in the compliance area is a tremendous asset for us and a huge benefit for the hospitals and health systems we serve."

Fourkiller most recently served as a Regional Compliance Director at Tenet Healthcare where she oversaw the compliance programs at 13 hospitals. Before that, she was the Compliance Officer for hospitals in Dallas, Texas, and Cherokee, N.C. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa/College of Law and became a member of the Oklahoma Bar in 1988.

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.