Conifer Health Solutions Names Vice President of Operations

Gregory J. Rassier Promoted to Newly-Created Operations Leadership Position

FRISCO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Conifer Health Solutions has announced that Gregory J. Rassier has been promoted to Vice President of Operations for Revenue Cycle Solutions. He will report directly to Senior Vice President of Operations Jeffrey Nieman.

In his new role, Rassier will lead 1,200 employees in seven sites across the country that handle Financial Clearance, Insurance & Self-Pay Collections, Customer Service and Divested operations for approximately 80 client hospitals. He also will lead a portion of the company’s employees who provide Patient Access Management services.

“Greg has played a critical role identifying opportunities to drive efficiency and meet client expectations during the past five years as Senior Director of National Operations at Conifer,” says Nieman. “He has provided steady leadership for our employees and repeatedly led his teams to produce strong results. We are confident in Greg’s ability to continue to achieve success and contribute to the growth of our business.”

Prior to joining the company, Rassier held leadership positions with iQor/Allied Interstate in Chandler, Ariz., and Risk Management Alternatives, Inc., in Mt. Prospect, Ill. Rassier has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with Statistics and Business Administration from Washington State University.

About Conifer

Conifer Health Solutions provides Revenue Cycle and Patient Communications services to more than 100 hospitals and health systems nationwide. Conifer utilizes proprietary workflows and technology to offer comprehensive Revenue Cycle Solutions ranging from patient pre-registration through the processing of governmental, managed care and self-pay claims. The company also provides best-in-class Patient Communications 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 about 2,400 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, 2009, 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.



CONTACT:

Conifer Health Solutions
John Hoffmann, 972-335-6104
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