SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report: December 3, 2002

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Commission file number: 1-7293

 

 

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

3820 State Street

Santa Barbara, California 93105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(805) 563-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

ITEM 7.          Financial Statements And Exhibits.

 

	(c)	Exhibits
		99.1	Slides that will be used by the Company’s executives in presentations to investors on December 3 and 4, 2002.
		99.2	Press Release dated December 3, 2002, “Tenet Discusses New Pricing Philosophy.”

 

ITEM 9.          Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

                On December 3 and 4, 2002, Tenet Healthcare Corporation (“Tenet”) will make presentations regarding its review of past pricing strategies, its new pricing philosophy and its revised earnings guidance for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.  In order to provide all investors with substantially the same information as that provided in the presentations, Tenet has made the presentations available by simultaneous webcast and on its web site and is attaching as Exhibit 99.1 hereto a copy of the slides that will be used in the presentations.  In addition, on December 3, 2002, Tenet issued a press release regarding its revised earnings guidance for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.  A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ STEPHEN D. FARBER
		Stephen D. Farber
		Chief Financial Officer

 

Date:  December 3, 2002

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

99.1		Slides that will be used by the Company’s executives in presentations to investors on December 3 and 4, 2002.
99.2		Press Release dated December 3, 2002, “Tenet Discusses New Pricing Philosophy.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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