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This filing consists of a press release issued by Tenet Healthcare Corporation on January 10, 2011.

LOGO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TENET TO HOST CONFERENCE CALL ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011, AT 8:30 A.M. ET

DALLAS – January 10, 2011 – Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that it will host a conference call tomorrow, Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time to introduce its Outlook for 2011, and discuss the Company’s strategies and current business trends.

The company is hosting the call to provide a more comprehensive presentation than would otherwise be possible as part of Tenet’s scheduled appearance at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 12. Because Tenet is hosting this call, it will not attend the conference.

A live webcast of the conference call will be available on Tenet’s website at www.tenethealth.com. In addition, a presentation will be available on Tenet’s website and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, prior to the start of the conference call. The webcast and the presentation will also be available through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson’s individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson’s password-protected site, www.streetevents.com. It is suggested that listeners access the audio webcast 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call. The audio webcast will be available live and on a replay basis for 90 days following the date of the call.

About Tenet Healthcare Corporation

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 healthcare facilities are committed to providing high quality care to patients in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (“Tenet”) will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a proxy statement in connection with its 2011 annual meeting of stockholders. Any definitive proxy statement will be mailed to stockholders of Tenet. INVESTORS AND SECURITYHOLDERS OF TENET ARE URGED TO READ THESE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and securityholders will be able to obtain free copies of these documents (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Tenet through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING PARTICIPANTS

Tenet and certain of its respective directors and executive officers are deemed to be participants under the rules of the SEC. Information regarding these participants is contained in a filing under Rule 14a-12 filed by Tenet with the SEC on January 7, 2011. This filing and other documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Additional information regarding the interests of these participants in any proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will also be included in any proxy statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC if and when they become available.

Forward Looking Statements

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, 2009, 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.

Tenet uses its company web site to provide important information to investors about the

company including the posting of important announcements regarding financial

performance and corporate developments.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

 

Media:    Investors:
Rick Black (469) 893-2647    Thomas Rice (469) 893-2522
Rick.Black@tenethealth.com    Thomas.Rice@tenethealth.com

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