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Tenet Announces Results for Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2006.


DALLAS Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S.  -- Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) is an operating company that owns and operates 57 hospitals in the United States [1]. It is based in Dallas, Texas. Its stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is NYSE: THC.  Corporation (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:THC THC tetrahydrocannabinol.

THC
n.
Tetrahydrocannabinol; a compound that is obtained from cannabis or is made synthetically; it is the primary intoxicant in marijuana and hashish.
) today reported a net loss of $398 million, or $0.85 per share, for its second quarter ended June June: see month.  30, 2006. This compares to a net loss of $33 million, or $0.07 per share, in the second quarter of 2005. The net loss for the second quarter of 2006 includes a loss from continuing operations continuing operations

Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the
 of $447 million, or $0.95 per share, compared to a loss of $9 million, or $0.02 per share, in the second quarter of 2005. The loss from continuing operations in the second quarter of 2006 included litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 and investigation costs of $0.98 per share. Income from discontinued operations Discontinued operations

Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business.
 in the second quarter of 2006 was $49 million, or $0.10 per share, compared to a loss of $24 million, or $0.05 per share, in the second quarter of 2005.

"Strong pricing and cost control more than offset continued weakness in admissions and increases in bad debt during the second quarter, which enabled us to exceed our expectations for the quarter," said Trevor Trev·or   , William Originally William Trevor Cox. Born 1928.

Irish writer noted for his darkly comedic stories and novels, including The Old Boys (1964) and The Day We Got Drunk on Cake (1967).
 Fetter, Tenet's president and chief executive officer. "We also succeeded in the second quarter in settling the most significant of the major legal issues facing the Company, and, most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent"
above all, most especially
, we continued to make progress and receive recognition for further improvements in clinical quality and service. We believe the Company is now well positioned to grow."

"We specifically targeted enhanced clinical technology and patient care improvements with our expanded capital investment program, and the initial response from our physicians has been overwhelmingly positive," said Reynold Reynold is an English masculine name derived from an Old High German personal name made up of the elements "ragin" (advice, decision) and "wald" (ruler). It is a cognate of Rögnvaldr.  Jennings Jennings, city (1990 pop. 11,305), seat of Jefferson Davis parish, SW La., on the Mermentau River; inc. 1888. Cotton and rice are grown, there is a bottling plant, and drugs, machinery, apparel, and water-treatment systems are manufactured. , chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
. "These investments are tangible Possessing a physical form that can be touched or felt.

Tangible refers to that which can be seen, weighed, measured, or apprehended by the senses. A tangible object is something that is real and substantial. An automobile is an example of tangible Personal Property.
 evidence of our commitment to our hospitals and are the things our physicians have asked for. We believe they will respond by sending us an increased share of their patients."

"As a result of the 6.8 percent increase in net patient revenue per equivalent patient day, or 12.0 percent on a Compact-adjusted basis, and by restraining RESTRAINING. Narrowing down, making less extensive; as, a restraining statute, by which the common law is narrowed down or made less extensive in its operation.  the increase in controllable operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
 per adjusted patient day to 4.4 percent, we achieved our performance targets in continuing operations for the second quarter," said Biggs Biggs is the name of several places:
  • Biggs, California
  • Biggs Junction, Oregon
  • Biggs Army Airfield, Texas
For people named Biggs, see Biggs (surname)

Biggs may also refer to:
  • bigg's, a hypermarket chain in Ohio and Kentucky
 Porter porter: see beer. , chief financial officer. "Also, before the settlement and other payments of $489 million, continuing operations had positive adjusted free cash flow in the quarter of $86 million." "Adjusted free cash flow" is a non-GAAP term defined by the Company as cash flow from continuing operations less capital expenditures in continuing operations and before settlement payments.

Continuing Operations

The loss from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2006 was $447 million, or $0.95 per share, including the following items:
(1) litigation and investigation costs of $728 million pre-tax, $460
    million after-tax before the impact of the valuation allowance, or
    $0.98 per share, including a pre-tax charge of $711 million for a
    settlement with the Department of Justice;

(2) impairment and restructuring charges, net of insurance recoveries,
    of $27 million pre-tax, $27 million after-tax before the impact of
    the valuation allowance (no material tax benefit due primarily to
    the non-deductibility of goodwill), or $0.06 per share;

(3) hurricane insurance recoveries, net of costs of $13 million
    pre-tax, $8 million after-tax before the impact of the valuation
    allowance, or $0.02 per share;

(4) favorable net adjustments for prior year cost reports and prior
    year cost report valuation allowances, primarily related to
    Medicare and Medicaid, of $4 million pre-tax, $3 million after-tax
    before the impact of the valuation allowance, or $0.01 per share;

(5) an unfavorable, non-cash adjustment to increase the company's
    total valuation allowance for deferred tax assets related to
    continuing operations of $2 million, or $0.00 per share; and,

(6) a favorable non-cash adjustment to reduce tax exposure reserves of
    $7 million, or $0.02 per share.


In addition, the Company incurred stock compensation expense, included in salaries, wages and benefits, of $11 million pre-tax pre-tax adjanterior al impuesto

pre-tax adjavant impôt(s)

pre-tax adjal lordo d'imposta 
, $7 million after-tax af·ter-tax also af·ter·tax
adj.
Relating to or being that which remains after payment, especially of income taxes: after-tax profits. 
, or $0.02 per share in the second quarter of 2006 as compared to $13 million pre-tax, $8 million after-tax, or $0.02 per share in the second quarter of 2005.

Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become  (a non-GAAP term defined by the Company as net income (loss) before (1) interest, (2) taxes, (3) depreciation, (4) amortization, (5) impairment Impairment

1. A reduction in a company's stated capital.

2. The total capital that is less than the par value of the company's capital stock.

Notes:
1. This is usually reduced because of poorly estimated losses or gains.

2.
 of long-lived long-lived  
adj.
1. Having a long life: a long-lived aunt.

2. Lasting a long time; persistent: a long-lived rumor.

3.
 assets and goodwill, and restructuring charges restructuring charge

The expense of reorganizing a company's operations. A restructuring charge is an infrequent expense that generally results from asset writedowns or facility closings.
 net of insurance recoveries, (6) hurricane hurricane, tropical cyclone in which winds attain speeds greater than 74 mi (119 km) per hr. Wind speeds reach over 190 mi (289 km) per hr in some hurricanes.  insurance recoveries net of costs, (7) costs of litigation and investigations, (8) investment earnings, (9) minority interest, and (10) discontinued operations) in the second quarter of 2006 was $209 million producing a margin of 9.5 percent an increase of $56 million, or 37 percent, from adjusted EBITDA of $153 million in the second quarter of 2005, and an increase of 240 basis points from the adjusted EBITDA margin of 7.1 percent in the second quarter of 2005. A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net loss is set forth at the end of this release.

Admissions, Patient Days and Surgeries
Admissions, Patient Days, and              Continuing Operations
 Surgeries                            --------------------------------
                                        Q2'06      Q2'05    Change (%)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Admissions - Total                      142,976    146,946       (2.7)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Uninsured Admissions                      5,748      5,620        2.3
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Uninsured Admissions/Total Admits (%)       4.0        3.8     0.2 (1)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Charity Care Admissions                   2,801      2,519       11.2
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Charity Care Admissions as % of total       2.0        1.7     0.3 (1)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Commercial Managed Care Admissions       42,031     44,725       (6.0)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Admissions through Emergency Dept.
 (ED)                                    75,579     77,520       (2.5)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
ED Admits as % of Total                    52.9       52.8     0.1 (1)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Surgeries (inpatient and outpatient)    104,897    108,674       (3.5)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Patient Days - Total                    710,339    743,889       (4.5)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Equivalent Admissions                   204,640    208,608       (1.9)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Equivalent Patient Days               1,008,689  1,047,509       (3.7)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(1) This change is the difference between the 2006 and 2005 amounts
    shown.


Admissions in continuing operations for the second quarter of 2006 were 142,976, a decline of 3,970 admissions, or 2.7 percent, compared to admissions of 146,946 in the second quarter of 2005. Approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 1,000 admissions, or more than a quarter of this decline, is admissions lost as a result of the Company's Targeted Growth Initiative ("TGI TGI Tribunal de Grande Instance
TGI Target Group Index
TGI Thank God It's Friday (US restaurant chain)
TGI Tracheal Gas Insufflation
TGI Tumor Growth Inhibition
TGI Trato Gastrointestinal (Portugese) 
") in which certain service lines were either de-emphasized or discontinued dis·con·tin·ue  
v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues

v.tr.
1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
 since June 30, 2005. In addition, approximately 350 admissions were lost due to the closing of rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy.  units subsequent to June 30, 2005.

Commercial managed care admissions in continuing operations declined from 44,725 to 42,031, a decline of 2,694 admissions, or 6.0 percent, during the second quarter of 2006 compared to the second quarter of 2005. The closing of certain non-acute units as well as the impact of TGI contributed to this decline.

Equivalent admissions declined by 3,968, or 1.9 percent, to 204,640 in the second quarter of 2006 as compared to 208,608 equivalent admissions in the second quarter of 2005. The decline in equivalent admissions was also impacted by the Company's actions to exit or de-emphasize de-em·pha·size  
tr.v. de-em·pha·sized, de-em·pha·siz·ing, de-em·pha·siz·es
To decrease the emphasis on; minimize the importance of.



de-em
 certain service lines which resulted in a loss of approximately 1,500 equivalent admissions.

Outpatient outpatient /out·pa·tient/ (-pa-shent) a patient who comes to the hospital, clinic, or dispensary for diagnosis and/or treatment but does not occupy a bed.

out·pa·tient
n.
 Visits
Outpatient Visits                          Continuing Operations
                                      --------------------------------
                                        Q2'06      Q2'05    Change (%)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total Visits                          1,083,060  1,152,609       (6.0)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Uninsured Visits                        113,164    111,951        1.1
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Uninsured/ Total Visits   (%)              10.4        9.7     0.7 (1)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Charity Care Visits                       4,920      5,000       (1.6)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Charity Care / Total Visits  (%)            0.5        0.4        0.1
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Commercial Managed Care Outpatient
 Visits                                 423,785    458,191       (7.5)
------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(1) This change is the difference between the 2006 and 2005 amounts
    shown.


Outpatient visits in the second quarter of 2006 were 1,083,060, a decline of 69,549, or 6.0 percent, as compared to 1,152,609 visits in the second quarter of 2005. Among the causes of this decline is the increasing competition the company is experiencing from physician-owned entities providing outpatient services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples . As part of its strategy to stem this erosion erosion (ĭrō`zhən), general term for the processes by which the surface of the earth is constantly being worn away. The principal agents are gravity, running water, near-shore waves, ice (mostly glaciers), and wind. , the Company has established a separate dedicated business line to bring additional focus to its outpatient business.

Revenues
Revenues                                       Continuing Operations
          ($ in Millions)                     ------------------------
                                              Q2'06  Q2'05  Change (%)
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Net Operating Revenues                        2,195  2,142        2.5
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Compact discounts                               235    123       91.1
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Compact-adjusted Net Operating Revenues (1)   2,430  2,265        7.3
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Charity care                                    138    140       (1.4)
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Provision for Doubtful Accounts                 128    140       (8.6)
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Total uncompensated care  (1) (2)               501    403       24.3
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Uncompensated care/ (Net Operating Revenues +
 Charity + Compact)  (%) (1) (3)               19.5   16.8        2.7
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
(1) Non-GAAP measure
(2) Defined as Compact discounts plus charity care plus provision for
    doubtful accounts
(3) This percentage change is the difference between the 2006 and 2005
    amounts shown


Net operating revenues operating revenue

Revenue from any regular source. Revenue from sales is adjusted for discounts and returns when calculating operating revenue. Compare other revenue.
 for continuing operations were $2.195 billion in the second quarter of 2006, an increase of $53 million, or 2.5 percent, as compared to $2.142 billion in the second quarter of 2005. Patient discounts provided under the Compact with Uninsured Patients ("Compact") reduced net operating revenues for continuing operations in the second quarter of 2006 and 2005 by $235 million and $123 million, respectively. If the discounts under the Compact were added back to net operating revenues, it would have produced a non-GAAP measure of Compact-adjusted net operating revenues for the second quarter of 2006 of $2.430 billion, which would be an increase of $165 million, or 7.3 percent, compared to Compact-adjusted net operating revenues of $2.265 billion for the second quarter of 2005. (A reconciliation of net operating revenue to Compact-adjusted net operating revenue, how the company uses the measures, and why the Company believes these measures are useful, are provided in the tables below entitled en·ti·tle  
tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles
1. To give a name or title to.

2. To furnish with a right or claim to something:
 "Additional Supplemental Non-GAAP Disclosures." The foregoing also applies to all non-GAAP measures described below.)

Tenet initiated the implementation of the discounting provisions under the Compact in June, 2004. The Compact was fully implemented in all of the Company's hospitals with the implementation of Compact discounts in Texas on September September: see month.  1, 2005.

Under the Compact, discounts are provided to uninsured patients at managed care-style rates established by each hospital. The Compact discount offered to an uninsured patient is recognized as a contractual allowance, which reduces net operating revenues at the time the account is recorded. Prior to implementing the discounting provisions under the Compact, the vast majority of these discounts was ultimately recognized to be uncollectible Adj. 1. uncollectible - not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
bad

invalid - having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license"
 and, as a result, was then recorded in our provision for doubtful accounts.

Disproportionate-share payments received under various state Medicaid Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  programs and other state-funded subsidies provided revenues of approximately $54 million and $22 million in the second quarters of 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increase in revenue is related to the increase in uncompensated care uncompensated care,
n health care services provided by a hospital, physician, dental professional, or other health care professional for which no charge is made and for which no payment is expected.
 provided by the Company and reimbursed by various states in which the Company operates.

Pricing
Pricing                                        Continuing Operations
                                             -------------------------
                                              Q2'06  Q2'05  Change (%)
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Net inpatient revenue per admission   ($)    10,351  9,582        8.0
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Compact-adjusted net inpatient revenue per
 admission  (1)  ($)                         11,198  9,990       12.1
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Net inpatient revenue per patient day    ($)  2,084  1,893       10.1
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Compact-adjusted net inpatient revenue per
 patient day  (1)  ($)                        2,254  1,973       14.2
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Net outpatient revenue per visit   ($)          584    559        4.5
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Compact-adjusted net outpatient revenue per
 visit    (1)  ($)                              689    614       12.2
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Net patient revenue per equivalent patient
 day ($)                                      2,094  1,960        6.8
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Compact-adjusted net patient revenue per
 equivalent patient day   (1) ($)             2,327  2,077       12.0
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Net patient revenue from managed care payers
   ($mm)                                      1,102  1,022        7.8
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
Stop loss payments from managed care payers
   ($mm)                                         83    100      (17.0)
-------------------------------------------- ------- ------ ----------
(1) Non-GAAP measure


Net inpatient inpatient /in·pa·tient/ (in´pa-shent) a patient who comes to a hospital or other health care facility for diagnosis or treatment that requires an overnight stay.

in·pa·tient
n.
 revenue per admission for the second quarter of 2006 was $10,351 compared to $9,582 in the second quarter of 2005. However, this unit measurement has been reduced by the Compact. If the discounts under the Compact are added back to net inpatient revenue, it produces a non-GAAP measure of Compact-adjusted net inpatient revenue per admission of $11,198 for the second quarter of 2006, an increase of $1,208, or 12.1 percent, compared to $9,990 in the second quarter of 2005.

Net outpatient revenue per visit was $584 in the second quarter of 2006 compared to $559 in the second quarter of 2005. This unit measurement is also reduced by the Compact. If the discounts under the Compact are added back to net outpatient revenue, it produces a non-GAAP measure of $689 in Compact-adjusted net outpatient revenue per visit in the second quarter of 2006, an increase of $75, or 12.2 percent, compared to $614 in the second quarter of 2005.

Net patient revenue per equivalent patient day was $2,094 in the second quarter of 2006 compared to $1,960 in the second quarter of 2005, an increase of $134, or 6.8 percent. On a Compact-adjusted basis, net revenue per equivalent patient day was $2,327 in the second quarter of 2006, compared to $2,077 in the second quarter of 2005, an increase of $250, or 12.0 percent.

The Company disaggregates its total managed care business into two distinct categories: commercial managed care and managed Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  and managed Medicaid. In the second quarter of 2006, approximately 80 percent of total managed care revenues are from Tenet's commercial managed care business and 20 percent are from managed Medicare and managed Medicaid. Managed care admissions in the second quarter of 2006 were 64 percent commercial and 36 percent managed Medicare and managed Medicaid. Managed care outpatient visits in the second quarter of 2006 were 76 percent commercial and 24 percent managed Medicare and managed Medicaid.

Inpatient managed care base rates in the second quarter of 2006 increased by 10.7 percent for our total managed care portfolio and 9.8 percent for the commercial segment of the managed care portfolio as compared to the second quarter of 2005. Net inpatient revenue per admission achieved an increase of 15.0 percent in the commercial segment of our managed care business. This percentage increase is impacted by negative adjustments to inpatient revenue in the second quarter of 2005 of approximately $25 million related to the settlement of several large disputes with managed care payors. The increase in net inpatient revenue per admission for commercial managed care is 9.4% after adding back these adjustments to the second quarter of 2005. The adjusted percentage increase in net revenue per admission, after adding back these adjustments, is less than the percentage increase in inpatient base rates due to the reduction in the stop-loss stop-loss,
n a general term referring to that category of coverage that provides insurance protection (reinsurance) to an employer for a self-funded plan.
 portion of our managed care reimbursement Reimbursement

Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred.
 payments, as discussed below. On an aggregate portfolio yield basis, which includes managed Medicare and managed Medicaid in addition to our commercial managed care business, net inpatient revenue per admission increased by 7.7 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2005 after adding back to inpatient managed care revenue in 2005 the adjustments for disputed managed care claims. As a result of these pricing increases, total net patient revenue from managed care payers increased by 7.8 percent in the second quarter of 2006 compared to the second quarter of 2005 despite the decline in managed care patient volumes.

Stop-loss payments were $83 million in the second quarter of 2006, a decrease of $17 million, or 17 percent, from the $100 million received in the second quarter of 2005. Stop-loss payments were received on 3.7 percent of aggregate managed care admissions in the second quarter of 2006, and on 5.0 percent of commercial managed care admissions. Stop-loss payments were received on 5.0 percent of aggregate managed care admissions in the second quarter of 2005, and on 6.1 percent of commercial managed care admissions. Stop-loss payments declined by $3 million, or 3.5 percent as compared to the $86 million in stop-loss payments received in the first quarter of 2006.

Controllable Operating Expense Operating Expense

The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business.

Notes:
For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense.

Also known as OPEX.
 
Controllable Operating Expenses                Continuing Operations
                    ($mm)                     ------------------------
                                              Q2'06  Q2'05  Change (%)
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Salaries, Wages & Benefits                      963    986       (2.3)
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Supplies                                        398    388        2.6
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
Other Operating Expenses                        497    475        4.6
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------
  Total Controllable Operating Expenses       1,858  1,849        0.5
--------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ----------


Controllable operating expenses (consisting of salaries, wages and benefits, supplies, and other operating expenses) were $1,858 million and $1,849 million in the second quarters of 2006 and 2005, respectively. Controllable operating expenses per equivalent patient day were $1,842 in the second quarter of 2006 compared to $1,765 in the second quarter of 2005, an increase of $77 or 4.4 percent.

Rent expense, which is included in "Other Operating Expenses," decreased by 4.8 percent to $40 million in the second quarter of 2006, from $42 million in the second quarter of 2005. Other Operating Expenses also includes malpractice malpractice, failure to provide professional services with the skill usually exhibited by responsible and careful members of the profession, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the party contracting those services.  expense of $49 million and $58 million for the second quarters of 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Provision for Doubtful Accounts
Bad Debt                                        Continuing Operations
                                                ----------------------
                                                Q2'06 Q2'05 Change (%)
----------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ----------
Provision for Doubtful Accounts  ("Bad Debt")
 ($mm)                                           128   140       (8.6)
----------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ----------
Bad Debt / Net Operating Revenues (%)            5.8   6.5   (0.7) (2)
----------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ----------
Compact-related reduction in bad debt ($mm)      216   112       92.9
----------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ----------
Bad Debt + Compact-related Reduction (1) ($mm)   344   252       36.5
----------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ----------
Compact Adjusted Bad Debt / (Net operating
 revenues + Compact discounts) (%) (1)          14.2  11.1     3.1 (2)
----------------------------------------------- ----- ----- ----------
(1) Non-GAAP measure
(2) This change is the difference between the 2006 and 2005 amounts
    shown


Provision for doubtful accounts, or bad debt expense, was $128 million for continuing operations in the second quarter of 2006, a decrease of $12 million, or 8.6 percent, from the provision for doubtful accounts of $140 million in the second quarter of 2005. Bad debt expense was 5.8 percent of net operating revenues in the second quarter of 2006, compared to 6.5 percent of net operating revenues in the second quarter of 2005. After adding back the Compact-related reduction to bad debt expense and Compact discounts to net operating revenues in both quarters, it produces a non-GAAP measure of 14.2 percent for Compact-adjusted bad debt expense to Compact-adjusted net operating revenue for the second quarter of 2006 as compared to 11.1 percent for the second quarter of 2005.

In the second quarter of 2005, bad debt expense was reduced by approximately $33 million related to the settlement of several large disputes with managed care payors. A related adjustment was recorded to contractual allowances, which reduced net operating revenues by $29 million. These two adjustments had a net favorable fa·vor·a·ble  
adj.
1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds.

2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis.

3.
 impact of $4 million.

In the second quarter of 2006, the company reclassified certain accounts previously recorded as pending charity accounts to self-pay. This had no impact on the amount of aggregate uncompensated care provided by the company, but gave rise to additional bad debt of approximately $10 million.

Accounts Receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying  

Accounts receivable were $1.484 billion at June 30, 2006, and $1.584 billion at March 31, 2006. Accounts receivable days outstanding for continuing operations decreased to 54 days at June 30, 2006 from 56 days at March 31, 2006 and 58 days at December December: see month.  31, 2005.

Cash Flow

Unrestricted cash was $568 million at June 30, 2006, down $407 million from $975 million at March 31, 2006. This decrease was primarily due to the first installment Regular, partial portion of the same debt, paid at successive periods as agreed by a debtor and creditor.

An installment loan is designed to be repaid in certain specified, ordinarily equal amounts over a designated period, such as a year or a number of months.
 of the Department of Justice settlement payment of $470 million on June 30, 2006. Unrestricted cash at June 30, 2006, as well as at March 31, 2006, excludes $263 million of cash restricted as collateral collateral (kəlăt`ərəl), something of value given or pledged as security for payment of a loan. Collateral consists usually of financial instruments, such as stocks, bonds, and negotiable paper, rather than physical goods, although  for standby standby Medtalk adjective Referring to the immediate availability of a certain specialist–anesthesiologist, surgeon, who can be deployed in a medical emergency. Cf Concurrent.  letters of credit under the letter of credit facility that we entered into in December, 2004.

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 with generally accepted accounting principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting
, this cash flow figure excludes capital expenditures, proceeds of asset sales, and certain other items. Excluding cash used in discontinued operations of $35 million, our cash used in operating activities would have been $285 million for the second quarter of 2006.

Capital expenditures in the second quarter of 2006 were $126 million, including $118 million related to continuing operations. Free cash flow in the second quarter was a negative $446 million which includes payments of $489 million, substantially all of which was related to the settlement of certain government litigation and investigations. "Adjusted free cash flow," a non-GAAP term defined by the Company as cash flow from continuing operations less capital expenditures in continuing operations and before settlement payments was $86 million in the second quarter of 2006.

Liquidity

Total debt was $4.8 billion at June 30, 2006, unchanged from total debt on March 31, 2006. Net debt, a non-GAAP measure defined as total debt less cash and cash equivalents, was $4.2 billion at June 30, 2006, as compared to $3.8 billion at March 31, 2006.

Income Taxes

The income tax benefit of $252 million in the second quarter of 2006 on a pre-tax loss of $699 million from continuing operations includes $2 million of income tax expense to increase the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated with deferred tax assets established as a result of the tax effect of our losses that could not be recognized for financial reporting purposes. The income tax benefit of $252 million in the second quarter of 2006 also includes a positive non-cash adjustment to tax exposure reserves of $7 million.

Discontinued Operations

Income from discontinued operations for the second quarter of 2006 was $49 million after-tax, or $0.10 per share, and includes the following items:
(1) litigation and investigation costs of $21 million pre-tax, $17
    million after-tax before the impact of valuation allowance, or
    $0.04 per share, to settle the Alvarado litigation;

(2) impairment and restructuring charges, net of insurance recoveries,
    of $101 million pre-tax, $67 million after-tax before the impact
    of valuation allowance, or $0.14 per share;

(3) hurricane insurance recoveries, net of costs, of $194 million
    pre-tax, $123 million after-tax before the impact of valuation
    allowance, or $0.26 per share;

(4) favorable net adjustments for prior year cost reports and prior
    year cost report valuation allowances, primarily related to
    Medicare and Medicaid, of $8 million pre-tax, $5 million after-tax
    before the impact of valuation allowance, or $0.01 per share;

(5) an unfavorable adjustment to physician relocation receivables of
    $6 million pre-tax, $4 million after-tax before the impact of
    valuation allowance, or $0.01 per share;

(6) a favorable, non-cash adjustment to decrease the company's total
    valuation allowance for deferred tax assets related to
    discontinued operations of $27 million, or $0.06 per share; and,

(7) a favorable non-cash adjustment to reduce income tax exposure
    reserves of $2 million, or $0.00 per share.


Management's Webcast Discussion of Second Quarter Results

Tenet management will discuss second quarter 2006 results on a webcast event scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. (ET) on August 10, 2006. This webcast may be accessed through Tenet's website at www.tenethealth.com.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute care hospitals and related health care services. Tenet's hospitals aim to provide the best possible care to every patient who comes through their doors, with a clear focus on quality and service. Tenet can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tenethealth.com.

Some of the statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
. Such statements are based on our current expectations and could be affected by numerous factors and are subject to various risks and uncertainties discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

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TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in millions except
 per share amounts)                 Three Months Ended June 30,
                              ----------------------------------------
                               2006       %     2005       %    Change
                              -------- ------- -------- ------- ------

Net operating revenues         $2,195   100.0%  $2,142   100.0%   2.5%
Operating expenses:
 Salaries, wages and benefits    (963) (43.9%)    (986) (46.0%) (2.3%)
 Supplies                        (398) (18.1%)    (388) (18.1%)   2.6%
 Provision for doubtful
  accounts                       (128)  (5.8%)    (140)  (6.5%) (8.6%)
 Other operating expenses        (497) (22.6%)    (475) (22.2%)   4.6%
 Depreciation                     (76)  (3.5%)     (74)  (3.5%)   2.7%
 Amortization                      (6)  (0.3%)      (5)  (0.3%)  20.0%
 Impairment of long-lived
  assets and restructuring
  charges, net of insurance
  recoveries                      (27)  (1.2%)       4     0.2%
 Hurricane insurance
  recoveries (costs), net          13     0.6%      --      --
 Costs of litigation and
  investigations                 (728) (33.4%)     (11)  (0.5%)
----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------
Operating income (loss)          (615) (28.0%)      67     3.1%
----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------

Interest expense                 (101)            (102)
Investment earnings                17               15
Minority interests                 --               (1)
Net gains on sales of
 investments                       --               --

----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------
Loss from continuing
 operations, before income
 taxes                           (699)             (21)
----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------
Income tax benefit                252               12
----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------
Loss from continuing
 operations, before
 discontinued operations         (447)              (9)
----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------

Discontinued operations:
 Income (loss) from
  operations of asset group       (21)             (29)
 Hurricane insurance
  recoveries (costs), net         194               --
 Impairment of long-lived
  assets and goodwill, and
  restructuring charges, net
  of insurance recoveries        (101)              (1)
 Litigation settlements, net
  of insurance recoveries         (21)              --
 Net loss on sales of asset
  group                            (1)              --
 Income tax (expense) benefit      (1)               6

----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------
Income (loss) from
 discontinued operations           49              (24)
----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------

----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------
Net loss                        $(398)            $(33)
----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------

Diluted earnings (loss) per
 common share and common
 equivalent share:
  Continuing operations        $(0.95)          $(0.02)
  Discontinued operations        0.10            (0.05)
                              --------         --------
                               $(0.85)          $(0.07)
                              ========         ========

----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------
 Weighted average shares and
  dilutive securities (if
  applicable) outstanding (in
  thousands):                 470,608          468,758
----------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------



                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in millions except
 per share amounts)                  Six Months Ended June 30,
                             -----------------------------------------
                              2006       %     2005       %    Change
                             -------- ------- -------- ------- -------

Net operating revenues        $4,405   100.0%  $4,341   100.0%    1.5%
Operating expenses:
 Salaries, wages and
  benefits                    (1,944) (44.1%)  (1,979) (45.6%)  (1.8%)
 Supplies                       (809) (18.3%)    (786) (18.1%)    2.9%
 Provision for doubtful
  accounts                      (249)  (5.7%)    (294)  (6.8%) (15.3%)
 Other operating expenses       (977) (22.1%)    (931) (21.5%)    4.9%
 Depreciation                   (152)  (3.5%)    (151)  (3.5%)    0.7%
 Amortization                    (12)  (0.3%)      (9)  (0.2%)   33.3%
 Impairment of long-lived
  assets and goodwill, and
  restructuring charges, net
  of insurance recoveries        (56)  (1.3%)      (5)  (0.1%)
 Hurricane insurance
  recoveries (costs), net         10     0.2%      --      --
 Costs of litigation and
  investigations                (744) (16.9%)     (19)  (0.4%)
 Loss from early
  extinguishment of debt          --      --      (15)  (0.3%)

---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
Operating income (loss)         (528) (12.0%)     152     3.5%
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------

Interest expense                (203)            (203)
Investment earnings               34               24
Minority interests                (1)              (1)
Net gains on sales of
 investments                       2               --

---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
Loss from continuing
 operations, before income
 taxes                          (696)             (28)
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
Income tax benefit               248               30
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
Income (loss) from
 continuing operations,
 before discontinued
 operations and accumulative
 effect of change in
 accounting principle           (448)               2
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------

Discontinued operations:
 Income (loss) from
  operations of asset group      (18)             (58)
 Hurricane insurance
  recoveries, net of costs       193               --
 Impairment of long-lived
  assets and goodwill, and
  restructuring charges, net
  of insurance recoveries        (76)              (8)
 Litigation settlements, net
  of insurance recoveries         24               --
 Net gain (loss) on sales of
  asset group                     (1)              22
 Income tax (expense)
  benefit                         (4)               5

---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
Income (loss) from
 discontinued operations         118              (39)
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------

---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
Loss before cumulative
 effect of
change in accounting
 principle                      (330)             (37)
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------

---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
Cumulative effect of change
 in accounting principle,
 net of tax                        2               --
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------

---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
Net loss                       $(328)            $(37)
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------

Diluted earnings (loss) per
 common share and common
 equivalent share:
  Continuing operations       $(0.95)              --
  Discontinued operations       0.25            (0.08)
  Cumulative effect of
   change in accounting
   principle, net of tax          --               --
                             --------         --------
                              $(0.70)          $(0.08)
                             ========         ========

---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------
 Weighted average shares and
  dilutive securities (if
  applicable) outstanding
  (in thousands):            470,338          469,635
---------------------------- -------- ------- -------- ------- -------


                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
                          BALANCE SHEET DATA
                         Dollars in Millions
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               June 30,   December 31,
                                                  2006        2005
                                              ----------- ------------

Cash and cash equivalents                           $568       $1,373
Accounts receivable, less allowance for
 doubtful accounts                                 1,484        1,525
Income tax receivable                                172           --
Receivable for insurance recoveries                  285           75
Assets held for sale                                 303           11
Other current assets                                 537          524
                                              ----------- ------------
Current assets                                     3,349        3,508
Current liabilities                               (1,783)      (2,292)
Net working capital                                1,566        1,216
Investments and other assets                         365          380
Restricted cash                                      263          263
Property and equipment, net                        4,276        4,620
Goodwill                                             753          800
Net intangible assets                                194          241
Long-term debt, net of current portion            (4,787)      (4,784)
Other long-term liabilities and minority
 interests                                        (1,923)      (1,715)
Total shareholders' equity                          (707)      (1,021)


                            CASH FLOW DATA
                          Dollars in Millions
                              (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Six Months      Six Months
                                        Ended June 30,  Ended June 30,
                                             2006            2005
                                       --------------- ---------------

Net cash provided by (used in)
 operating activities                           $(641)           $700
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Purchases of property and equipment            (243)           (224)
  Proceeds from sales of facilities,
   investments and other assets                    30             117
  Insurance recoveries for property
   damage                                          36               8
  Other items                                      11             (11)
Cash flows from financing activities
  Payments of borrowings                           (1)            (22)
  Sale of new senior notes                         --             773
  Repurchases of senior notes                      --            (413)
  Other items                                       3              11
                                       --------------- ---------------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
 cash equivalents                               $(805)           $898
                                       =============== ===============

Supplemental disclosures:
  Interest paid, net of capitalized
   interest                                     $(189)          $(161)
  Income tax refunds received (payments
   made), net                                     $(3)           $535



                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
              SELECTED STATISTICS - CONTINUING HOSPITALS
                     Quarter Ended June 30, 2006
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Three Months Ended June 30,
                                       -------------------------------
                                         2006       2005      Change
                                       ---------- ---------- ---------

Net inpatient revenues                    $1,480     $1,408    5.1%
Net outpatient revenues                     $632       $645  (2.0%)

Number of general hospitals (at end of                             (a)
 period)                                      57         57     --
Licensed beds (at end of period)          15,047     15,154  (0.7%)
Average licensed beds                     15,069     15,154  (0.6%)
Utilization of licensed beds                51.8%      53.9% (2.1%)(a)
Patient days                             710,339    743,889  (4.5%)
Equivalent patient days                1,008,689  1,047,509  (3.7%)
Net inpatient revenue per patient day     $2,084     $1,893   10.1%
Admissions                               142,976    146,946  (2.7%)
Equivalent admissions                    204,640    208,608  (1.9%)
Net inpatient revenue per admission      $10,351     $9,582    8.0%
Average length of stay (days)                5.0        5.1   (0.1)(a)
Surgeries                                104,897    108,674  (3.5%)
Net outpatient revenue per visit            $584       $559    4.5%
Outpatient visits                      1,083,060  1,152,609  (6.0%)

Sources of net patient revenue
  Medicare                                  26.8%      27.3% (0.5%)(a)
  Medicaid                                   9.5%       8.5%   1.0%(a)
  Managed care                              52.2%      49.8%   2.4%(a)
  Indemnity, self-pay and other             11.5%      14.4% (2.9%)(a)

(a) This change is the difference between the 2006 and 2005 amounts
    shown


                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
              SELECTED STATISTICS - CONTINUING HOSPITALS
                     Quarter Ended June 30, 2006
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Six Months Ended June 30,
                                       -------------------------------
                                         2006       2005      Change
                                       ---------- ---------- ---------

Net inpatient revenues                    $3,016     $2,902    3.9%
Net outpatient revenues                   $1,238     $1,267  (2.3%)

Number of general hospitals (at end of                             (a)
 period)                                      57         57     --
Licensed beds (at end of period)          15,047     15,154  (0.7%)
Average licensed beds                     15,092     15,147  (0.4%)
Utilization of licensed beds                54.2%      56.4% (2.2%)(a)
Patient days                           1,480,478  1,546,934  (4.3%)
Equivalent patient days                2,078,536  2,155,681  (3.6%)
Net inpatient revenue per patient day     $2,037     $1,876    8.7%
Admissions                               293,855    302,238  (2.8%)
Equivalent admissions                    415,743    424,372  (2.0%)
Net inpatient revenue per admission      $10,264     $9,602    6.9%
Average length of stay (days)                5.0        5.1   (0.1)(a)
Surgeries                                210,595    214,826  (2.0%)
Net outpatient revenue per visit            $568       $542    4.8%
Outpatient visits                      2,179,106  2,336,976  (6.8%)

Sources of net patient revenue
  Medicare                                  27.5%      27.6% (0.1%)(a)
  Medicaid                                   9.0%       8.3%   0.7%(a)
  Managed care                              51.7%      50.1%   1.6%(a)
  Indemnity, self-pay and other             11.8%      14.0% (2.2%)(a)

(a) This change is the difference between the 2006 and 2005 amounts
    shown


                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA
                   Fiscal 2006 by Calendar Quarter
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in millions except per share       Three Months    Six Months
 amounts)                                       Ended          Ended
                                          ----------------- ----------
                                          3/31/06  6/30/06   6/30/06
                                          -------- -------- ----------

Net operating revenues                     $2,210   $2,195     $4,405
Operating expenses:
 Salaries, wages and benefits                (981)    (963)    (1,944)
 Supplies                                    (411)    (398)      (809)
 Provision for doubtful accounts             (121)    (128)      (249)
 Other operating expenses                    (480)    (497)      (977)
 Depreciation                                 (76)     (76)      (152)
 Amortization                                  (6)      (6)       (12)
 Impairment of long-lived assets and
  goodwill, and restructuring charges,
  net of insurance recoveries                 (29)     (27)       (56)
 Hurricane insurance recoveries (costs),
  net                                          (3)      13         10
 Costs of litigation and investigations       (16)    (728)      (744)

----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
Operating income (loss)                        87     (615)      (528)
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------

Interest expense                             (102)    (101)      (203)
Investment earnings                            17       17         34
Minority interests                             (1)      --         (1)
Net gains on sales of investments               2       --          2

----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
Income (loss) from continuing operations,
 before income taxes                            3     (699)      (696)
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
Income tax (expense) benefit                   (4)     252        248
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
Loss from continuing operations, before
 discontinued operations and cumulative
 effect of change in accounting principle      (1)    (447)      (448)
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------

Discontinued operations:
 Income (loss) from operations of asset
  group                                         3      (21)       (18)
 Hurricane insurance recoveries (costs),
  net                                          (1)     194        193
 Impairment of long-lived assets and
  goodwill,  and restructuring charges         25     (101)       (76)
 Litigation settlements, net of insurance
  recoveries                                   45      (21)        24
 Net loss on sale of asset group               --       (1)        (1)
 Income tax expense                            (3)      (1)        (4)

----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
Income from discontinued operations            69       49        118
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------

----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of
 change in accounting principle                68     (398)      (330)
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------

----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
 principle, net of tax                          2       --          2
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------

----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
Net income (loss)                             $70    $(398)     $(328)
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share
 and common equivalent share:
  Continuing operations                       $--   $(0.95)    $(0.95)
  Discontinued operations                    0.15     0.10       0.25
  Cumulative effect of change in
   accounting principle, net of tax            --       --         --
                                          -------- -------- ----------
                                            $0.15   $(0.85)    $(0.70)
                                          ======== ======== ==========

----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------
 Weighted average shares and dilutive
  securities (if applicable) outstanding
  (in thousands):                         470,069  470,608    470,338
----------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------


                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
              SELECTED STATISTICS - CONTINUING HOSPITALS
                   Fiscal 2006 by Calendar Quarter
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in millions except per
 patient day, per admission and per                         Six Months
 visit amounts)                        Three Months Ended      Ended
                                      --------------------- ----------
                                       3/31/06    6/30/06    6/30/06
                                      ---------- ---------------------

Net inpatient revenues                   $1,536     $1,480     $3,016
Net outpatient revenues                    $606       $632     $1,238

Number of general hospitals (at end of
 period)                                     57         57         57
Licensed beds (at end of period)         15,114     15,047     15,047
Average licensed beds                    15,114     15,069     15,092
Utilization of licensed beds               56.6%      51.8%      54.2%
Patient days                            770,139    710,339  1,480,478
Equivalent patient days               1,069,847  1,008,689  2,078,536
Net inpatient revenue per patient day    $1,994     $2,084     $2,037
Admissions                              150,879    142,976    293,855
Equivalent admissions                   211,103    204,640    415,743
Net inpatient revenue per admission     $10,180    $10,351    $10,264
Average length of stay (days)               5.1        5.0        5.0
Surgeries                               105,698    104,897    210,595
Net outpatient revenue per visit           $553       $584       $568
Outpatient visits                     1,096,046  1,083,060  2,179,106

Sources of net patient revenue
  Medicare                                 28.3%      26.8%      27.5%
  Medicaid                                  8.5%       9.5%       9.0%
  Managed care                             51.3%      52.2%      51.7%
  Indemnity, self-pay and other            11.9%      11.5%      11.8%



                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA
                   Fiscal 2005 by Calendar Quarter
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in millions
 except per share                                              Year
 amounts)                        Three Months Ended            Ended
                        ------------------------------------ ---------
                        3/31/05  6/30/05  9/30/05  12/31/05  12/31/05
                        -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------

Net operating revenues   $2,199   $2,142   $2,150    $2,123    $8,614
Operating expenses:
 Salaries, wages and
  benefits                 (993)    (986)    (985)     (958)   (3,922)
 Supplies                  (398)    (388)    (398)     (390)   (1,574)
 Provision for doubtful
  accounts                 (154)    (140)    (183)     (148)     (625)
 Other operating
  expenses                 (456)    (475)    (486)     (504)   (1,921)
 Depreciation               (77)     (74)     (82)      (73)     (306)
 Amortization                (4)      (5)     (10)       (7)      (26)
 Impairment of long-
  lived assets and
  restructuring charges      (9)       4       (9)      (32)      (46)
 Loss from hurricanes        --       --       (9)       (4)      (13)
 Costs of litigation
  and investigations         (8)     (11)     (28)     (165)     (212)
 Loss from early
  extinguishment of
  debt                      (15)      --       --        --       (15)

----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Operating income (loss)      85       67      (40)     (158)      (46)
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------

Interest expense           (101)    (102)    (101)     (100)     (404)
Investment earnings           9       15       17        18        59
Minority interests           --       (1)      (1)       (1)       (3)
Net gains on sales of
 investments                 --       --       --         4         4

----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Loss from continuing
 operations, before
 income taxes                (7)     (21)    (125)     (237)     (390)
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Income tax (expense)
 benefit                     18       12       (3)       57        84
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Income (loss) from
 continuing operations,
 before discontinued
 operations and
 cumulative effect of
 change in accounting
 principle                   11       (9)    (128)     (180)     (306)
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------

Discontinued
 operations:
 Loss from operations
  of asset group            (29)     (29)     (14)      (30)     (102)
 Loss from hurricanes        --       --      (32)      (11)      (43)
 Impairment of long-
  lived assets and
  restructuring
  charges, net of
  insurance recoveries       (7)      (1)    (223)      (45)     (276)
 Net gain (loss) on
  sales of asset group       22       --       (2)       (1)       19
 Income tax (expense)
  benefit                    (1)       6       (2)       (3)       --

----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Loss from discontinued
 operations                 (15)     (24)    (273)      (90)     (402)
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------

----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Loss before cumulative
 effect of change in
 accounting principle        (4)     (33)    (401)     (270)     (708)
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------

----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Cumulative effect of
 change in accounting
 principle, net of tax       --       --       --       (16)      (16)
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------

----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Net loss                    $(4)    $(33)   $(401)    $(286)    $(724)
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------

Diluted earnings (loss)
 per common share and
 common equivalent
 share:
  Continuing operations   $0.02   $(0.02)  $(0.27)   $(0.39)  $( 0.65)
  Discontinued
   operations             (0.03)   (0.05)   (0.58)    (0.19)    (0.86)
  Cumulative effect of
   change in accounting
   principle, net of
   tax                       --       --       --     (0.03)    (0.03)
                        -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
                         $(0.01)  $(0.07)  $(0.85)   $(0.61)   $(1.54)
                        ======== ======== ======== ========= =========

----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------
 Weighted average
  shares and dilutive
  securities (if
  applicable)
  outstanding (in
  thousands):           468,947  468,758  469,179   469,607   468,898
----------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------- ---------


                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
              SELECTED STATISTICS - CONTINUING HOSPITALS
                   Fiscal 2005 by Calendar Quarter
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in
 millions except
 per patient
 day, per
 admission and
 per visit
 amounts)                   Three Months Ended              Year Ended
                ------------------------------------------- ----------
                  3/31/05    6/30/05    9/30/05   12/31/05   12/31/05
                ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

Net inpatient
 revenues          $1,494     $1,408     $1,437     $1,469     $5,808
Net outpatient
 revenues            $622       $645       $636       $591     $2,494

Number of
 general
 hospitals (at
 end of period)        57         57         57         57         57
Licensed beds
 (at end of
 period)           15,154     15,154     15,117     15,121     15,121
Average licensed
 beds              15,139     15,154     15,117     15,100     15,128
Utilization of
 licensed beds       58.9%      53.9%      52.8%      53.0%      54.6%
Patient days      803,045    743,889    733,782    736,638  3,017,354
Equivalent
 patient days   1,108,173  1,047,509  1,034,842  1,029,551  4,220,075
Net inpatient
 revenue per
 patient day       $1,860     $1,893     $1,958     $1,994     $1,925
Admissions        155,292    146,946    145,978    144,482    592,698
Equivalent
 admissions       215,764    208,608    207,800    203,722    835,894
Net inpatient
 revenue per
 admission         $9,621     $9,582     $9,843    $10,170     $9,800
Average length
 of stay (days)       5.2        5.1        5.0        5.1        5.1
Surgeries         106,152    108,674    107,065    103,715    425,606
Net outpatient
 revenue per
 visit               $525       $559       $581       $545       $552
Outpatient
 visits         1,184,367  1,152,609  1,095,718  1,084,425  4,517,119

Sources of net
 patient revenue
  Medicare           28.0%      27.3%      26.1%      28.1%      27.4%
  Medicaid            8.2%       8.5%       8.8%       8.0%       8.4%
  Managed care       50.4%      49.8%      51.3%      51.4%      50.7%
  Indemnity,
   self-pay and
   other             13.4%      14.4%      13.8%      12.5%      13.5%



                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

             Additional Supplemental Non-GAAP Disclosures


(1) Operating Measures Adjusted for the Impact of the Compact

In March 2004, we announced that we would be implementing managed care-style pricing for most of our uninsured patients under our Compact with Uninsured Patients ("Compact"). The discounts for uninsured patients began to be phased in during the second quarter of 2004 and were in effect at 29 of our hospitals in continuing operations by December 31, 2004, at 45 of our hospitals on June 30, 2005, and at all 57 of our hospitals by December 31, 2005. Our Compact is designed to offer managed care-style discounts to most uninsured patients, which enables us to offer lower rates to those patients who historically have been charged standard gross charges. A significant portion of those accounts had often been written down as provision for doubtful accounts if the accounts were not collected. Under the Compact, the discount offered to uninsured patients is recognized as a contractual allowance, which reduces net operating revenues at the time the self-pay accounts are recorded and also reduces our provision for doubtful accounts.

In light of the phase-in phase-in
n.
A gradual introduction: a phase-in of new personal policies. 
 of the discounts for uninsured patients under the Compact, the Company is providing supplemental data in addition to data required in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
"). It does so to show the effect that the discounts under the Compact have had on the Company's historical results of operations, without estimating or suggesting the effect on future results of operations. This supplemental information has inherent limitations because discounts under the Compact during the periods presented are not indicative indicative: see mood.  of future periods. In spite of in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding.

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 the limitations, the Company finds the information useful to the extent it better enables it and users of its financial statements to evaluate net operating revenue trends and measure certain operating expense categories, which are largely influenced by volumes and generally are analyzed an·a·lyze  
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1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

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3.
 as a percent of net operating revenues.

The tables below illustrate certain operating expense categories as a percent of net operating revenues excluding discounts under the Compact, as described above, for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005. The tables also illustrate same-hospital net inpatient revenue per admission and same-hospital net outpatient revenue per visit excluding the discounts under the Compact, as described above, for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005. For all non-GAAP measures provided, the tables below present the comparable GAAP measures and a reconciliation of the different measures. The Company believes the consistent use of this supplemental information provides it and users of its financial statements with reliable period-to-period comparisons. Investors are encouraged, however, to use GAAP measures when evaluating the Company's financial performance.

(2) Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA as calculated in the table below represents net income (loss) before income taxes, minority interests, investment earnings, interest expense, costs of litigation and investigations, hurricane insurance recoveries, net of costs, impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill and restructuring charges, net of insurance recoveries, amortization and depreciation and discontinued operations. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure commonly used in our industry. The Company believes the consistent use of adjusted EBITDA provides it and users of its financial statements with reliable period-to-period comparisons. Investors are encouraged, however, to use GAAP measures when evaluating the Company's financial performance.

(3) Adjusted Free Cash Flow

Adjusted free cash flow as calculated in the table below represents cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures in continuing operations less litigation settlement payments and less cash flows provided by (used in) discontinued operations. The Company believes the use of adjusted free cash flow is meaningful as this financial measure is commonly used in our industry and the use of this financial measure provides the Company and the users of its financial statements with relevant cash flows from operations data. Investors are encouraged, however, to use GAAP measures when evaluating the Company's financial performance.
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
             Additional Supplemental Non-GAAP Disclosures
    (1) Operating Measures Adjusted for the Impact of the Compact
                             (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Fiscal 2006 - Quarter Ended June 30
               -------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in                                                 Non-GAAP %
 millions                                                       of
 except per                                      GAAP % of   Adjusted
 admission and  Actual                Non-GAAP      Net        Net
 per visit        GAAP      Compact    Adjusted   Operating  Operating
 amounts)        Amounts  Adjustments   Amounts    Revenue    Revenue
               ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------

Net operating
 revenues         $2,195        $235     $2,430      100.0%     100.0%
Operating
 expenses:
 Salaries,
  wages and
  benefits          (963)                  (963)      43.9%      39.6%
 Supplies           (398)                  (398)      18.1%      16.4%
 Provision for
  doubtful
  accounts          (128)       (216)      (344)       5.8%      14.2%
 Other
  operating
  expenses          (497)                  (497)      22.6%      20.4%
Net inpatient
 revenues         $1,480        $121     $1,601
Net outpatient
 revenues           $632        $114       $746
Net patient
 revenues         $2,112        $235     $2,347
Admissions       142,976                142,976
Patient days     710,339                710,339
Outpatient
 visits        1,083,060              1,083,060
Equivalent
 patient days  1,008,689              1,008,689
Net inpatient
 revenue per
 admission       $10,351                $11,198
Net inpatient
 revenue per
 patient day      $2,084                 $2,254
Net outpatient
 revenue per
 visit              $584                   $689
Net patient
 revenue per
 equivalent
 patient day      $2,094                 $2,327

                         Fiscal 2005 - Quarter Ended June 30
               -------------------------------------------------------
(Dollars in                                                 Non-GAAP %
 millions                                                       of
 except per                                      GAAP % of   Adjusted
 admission and  Actual                Non-GAAP      Net        Net
 per visit        GAAP      Compact    Adjusted   Operating  Operating
 amounts)        Amounts  Adjustments   Amounts    Revenue    Revenue
               ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------

Net operating
 revenues         $2,142        $123     $2,265      100.0%     100.0%
Operating
 expenses:
 Salaries,
  wages and
  benefits          (986)         --       (986)      46.0%      43.5%
 Supplies           (388)         --       (388)      18.1%      17.1%
 Provision for
  doubtful
  accounts          (140)       (112)      (252)       6.5%      11.1%
 Other
  operating
  expenses          (475)         --       (475)      22.2%      21.0%
Net inpatient
 revenues         $1,408         $60     $1,468
Net outpatient
 revenues           $645         $63       $708
Net patient
 revenues         $2,053        $123     $2,176
Admissions       146,946                146,946
Patient days     743,889                743,889
Outpatient
 visits        1,152,609              1,152,609
Equivalent
 patient days  1,047,509              1,047,509
Net inpatient
 revenue per
 admission        $9,582                 $9,990
Net inpatient
 revenue per
 patient day      $1,893                 $1,973
Net outpatient
 revenue per
 visit              $559                   $614
Net patient
 revenue per
 equivalent
 patient day      $1,960                 $2,077



                     TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
             Additional Supplemental Non-GAAP Disclosures
                (2) Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA
                             (unaudited)

(Dollars in millions)                                   Three Months
                                                            Ended
                                                           June 30,
                                                         2006    2005
                                                       ------- -------
Net loss                                                $(398)   $(33)
Less: income (loss) from discontinued operations           49     (24)
Loss from continuing operations                          (447)     (9)
  Income tax benefit                                      252      12
  Minority interests                                       --      (1)
  Investment earnings                                      17      15
  Interest expense                                       (101)   (102)
Operating income (loss)                                  (615)     67
  Costs of litigation and investigations                 (728)    (11)
  Hurricane insurance recoveries (costs), net              13      --
  Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill and
   restructuring charges, net of insurance recoveries     (27)      4
  Depreciation                                            (76)    (74)
  Amortization                                             (6)     (5)
                                                       ------- -------
Adjusted EBITDA                                          $209    $153
                                                       ------- -------
Net operating revenues                                 $2,195  $2,142
                                                       ------- -------
Adjusted EBITDA as % of net operating revenues
 (Adjusted EBITDA margin)                                 9.5%    7.1%

             Additional Supplemental Non-GAAP Disclosures
                 (3) Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow
                             (unaudited)
(Dollars in millions)                                   Three Months
                                                            Ended
                                                          June 30,
                                                         2006    2005
                                                       ------- -------
Cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities    $(320)   $184
  Less:
    Purchases of property and equipment - continuing
     operations                                           118     118
Free Cash Flow                                           (438)     66
    Litigation settlements and payments against
     restructuring reserves                               489      28
    Cash used in (provided by) operating activities
     from discontinued operations                          35     (31)
Adjusted free cash flow                                   $86     $63
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