DALLAS – Tenet Healthcare Corporation has signed a multi-year agreement with MultiPlan, Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2010. The agreement includes participation in the PHCS (formerly Private Healthcare Systems) Network, the MultiPlan Network and, in select markets, PHCS Savility, which is MultiPlan’s newest primary PPO network.

The agreement includes all hospitals owned and operated by Tenet subsidiaries as well as Tenet's 59 freestanding diagnostic imaging centers and ambulatory surgery centers. Tenet Physicians, Inc., which contracts for the more than 400 physicians employed by various Tenet subsidiaries, also is part of the new agreement. The physicians represented by Tenet Physicians, Inc. include traditional primary care specialties (family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and pediatrics), as well as medical and surgical specialties.

“We are pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with MultiPlan,” said Clint Hailey, Tenet’s chief managed care officer. “National contracts with PPO networks like those offered by MultiPlan allow us to standardize and simplify payment methodologies across all of our facilities. MultiPlan is one of Tenet’s top 10 largest health care partners when ranked by revenue.”

“Tenet Healthcare is recognized for its commitment to quality health care,” said Dale White, executive vice president of sales and account management at MultiPlan. “We are delighted we can continue to offer our clients and their members access to this health system and its employed physicians.”

MultiPlan, the industry’s oldest and largest provider of independent, network-based cost management solutions, offers health care practitioners and facilities a partner that delivers more than 2,300 clients representing some of the nation’s largest insurance companies, mid-sized carriers, third-party administrators, employer groups and unions. For more information, visit www.multiplan.com.

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