Conifer to Provide Revenue Cycle Services for Three Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System Hospitals

Agreement Includes Care Sites in Billings, Butte and Miles City, Montana
DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc. announces it has reached an agreement to
provide revenue cycle services to three Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health
System (SCLHS) hospitals in Montana through the end of 2012. The hospitals
include St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, St. James Healthcare in Butte, and
Holy Rosary Healthcare in Miles City, Montana.

Under terms of the agreement, Conifer will be responsible for complete revenue
cycle management - including people, processes and technology - at all three
hospitals. These solutions include patient access services, coding, claim
submission and processing, and accounts receivable management. SCLHS Chief
Financial Officer Mike Rowe says while the transition represents significant
change for their Care Sites, they believe it will serve to strengthen their
ability to serve patients and improve health.

"Given the current challenges facing healthcare, we must be even more responsive
to the patients at the point of care," says Mr. Rowe. "We believe Conifer has
the depth and breadth of talent to help us meet the challenges we are facing.
Based on their decades of experience managing the revenue cycle for the
hospitals of Tenet Healthcare, we know Conifer will provide us with key insight
and best practices."

Beginning on June 15, 2009, Conifer began utilizing its revenue cycle expertise,
proprietary processes and patented workflows to maximize yield for the
hospitals, which is allowing the hospitals to focus on delivering high-quality
healthcare and superior patient and physician experiences.

"We are very excited to have the opportunity to work with the Sisters of Charity
of Leavenworth and their Montana Care Sites, and we greatly appreciate the
confidence they are showing in us," says Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions
President Stephen M. Mooney. "We are confident we can make a positive difference
in their results as we support and serve their patients."

About Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System

The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (SCLHS) owns nine hospitals
and four clinics for the uninsured in four states (California, Colorado, Kansas
and Montana). The Health System is headquartered in Lenexa, Kan. SCLHS is a
Catholic, not-for-profit healthcare system dedicated to improving the health of
the individuals and communities they serve, especially those who are poor or
vulnerable. SCLHS is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, who
opened their first hospital in 1864. To learn more, visit
www.sclhealthsystem.org.

About Conifer

Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions and Conifer Patient Communications are operating
subsidiaries of Conifer Health Solutions, Inc., which provides 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.

Conifer
Media
John Hoffmann, 469-893-6630
or
Investors
Tom Rice, 469-893-2522
or
SCLHS
Angela Connelly, 913-895-2974

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