Conifer to Present Benefits of Utilizing Patient Kiosks and Online Payment Portals for Hospitals.

Patient Self-Service Technology to be Discussed at HIMSS09 Conference

DALLAS -- Today's healthcare organizations are just beginning to tap the potential of patient self-service technology. Two leaders of Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc. will share how the company has leveraged self-service applications and produced positive results for patients, hospitals and the environment when they lead an education session during the upcoming 2009 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS09).

Jeffrey Nieman, vice president of Operations, and Ronald Kelley, senior director of Revenue Cycle Services, will conduct the presentation titled, "From Kiosks to the Web: Self-Service Opportunities in Healthcare." Among the key results they will discuss:

* How more than 20,000 hospital patients successfully checked in for service using kiosks -- often in two minutes or less -- during Conifer's initial pilot program;

* How Conifer reduced the number of forms printed during the admission process by more than 80%; and

* How Conifer utilizes a web payment strategy that results in $500,000 a month in patient collections via its web portals.

Mr. Nieman and Mr. Kelley will speak on Monday, April 6, at 2:15 p.m. CDT at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. The HIMSS09 conference runs April 4-8 and is sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. For more information about the conference, visit www.himssconference.org.

About Conifer

Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions and Conifer Patient Communications are operating subsidiaries of Conifer Health Solutions, Inc. They provide 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.