DeParle Joins Triad Board of Directors.

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2001

Triad Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company" or "Triad") (NYSE:TRI) announced today that Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, former Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), has agreed to join Triad's Board of Directors.

DeParle is a health care consultant in Washington, D.C. and an Adjunct Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. AS HCFA Administrator from November 1997 until October 2000, DeParle served as a key health policy advisor to the Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the President, directing the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance programs. Before joining HHS, DeParle was Associate Director for Health and Personnel at White House Office of Management and Budget, where she oversaw budget and policy matters relating to all Federal health programs.

From 1987 to 1989, DeParle served as the Tennessee Commissioner of Human Services where she administered a 6,000-employee agency that provided food stamps, welfare, rehabilitation, and child protective services. She has also worked as a lawyer in private practice.

"We are delighted to have Nancy-Ann join the Triad Board of Directors. She brings a wealth of experience at both the Federal and State Government levels," said James D. Shelton, Triad's Chairman and CEO.

Triad owns and manages hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in small cities and selected high-growth urban markets. Triad has 49 hospitals and 14 ambulatory surgery centers in 16 states with approximately 9,000 licensed beds. The company completed a spin-off and began operations as an independent company on May 11, 1999.

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current management expectations. Numerous factors, including those related to market conditions and those detailed from time-to-time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, may cause results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine the Company's future results are beyond the ability of the Company to control or predict. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and, therefore, actual results may differ materially.

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