Tenet Management to Speak at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on September 13th

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that Trevor Fetter, Tenet’s president and chief executive officer, and Biggs C. Porter, Tenet’s chief financial officer, will speak at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference in New York on September 13, 2011 at approximately 9:10 a.m. Eastern Time.

Tenet’s remarks will be available live via webcast. The webcast may be accessed through the investor relations section of Tenet’s website at www.tenethealth.com/investors. It is suggested that listeners access the audio webcast 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the start time. A replay of the audio webcast will be available on the company’s website for 30 days following the date of the presentation.

Tenet maintains an "Investor Book” on its website summarizing financial, operating and other data about the company. An updated edition of the Investor Book, and a set of overview slides that management may reference during the webcast, will be posted to Tenet’s website the morning of September 12.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a health care services company whose subsidiaries and affiliates own and operate acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and diagnostic imaging centers. Tenet’s hospitals and related health care facilities are committed to providing high quality care to patients in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.

Some of the statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking 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 for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010, our 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.

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