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Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions, Inc. today announced it has reached an agreement to expand its relationship with a 12-unit hospital system in Colorado through 2012. Conifer will provide Medical Eligibility Counseling Services : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. (MECS) to all 12 hospitals and continue to provide self-pay Accounts Receivable Management : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. services to six of the system’s hospitals. The MECS program helps patients who may not have the means to pay for needed hospital services identify government programs, third-party payers and social service organizations from which they may be eligible to receive financial assistance.

“We began providing self-pay collection services to half of this client’s hospital system in 2008. Now, based on our team’s industry expertise and

strong proven results, our client has chosen to expand our relationship and use additional Conifer services at all of its hospitals. We are very pleased that our client feels confident in our team’s ability to help them solve real business challenges,” said Stephen M. Mooney, President of Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions.


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 2,200 people. For more information, call 1-877-CONIFER or visit the company’s Web site at www.coniferhealth.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. .

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.



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