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: October 6, 2003

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Commission file number: 1-7293

 


 

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Nevada

95-2557091

(State or Incorporation)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

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 9.                                                     Tenet Affiliate in New Orleans Receives U.S. Subpoena.

 

On October 6, 2003, Tenet Healthcare Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release stating that People’s Health Network, a New Orleans health plan management services provider in which a Tenet subsidiary holds a 50-percent membership interest, has received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s office in New Orleans seeking certain records from January 1, 1999 to the present.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1

 

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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/ Trevor Fetter

 

 

 

Trevor Fetter

 

 

President

 

 

 

Date:  October 7, 2003

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

99.1          Press Release issued on October 6, 2003.

 

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