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: November 21, 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.                        Blue Cross of California Rescinds Contract Termination

 

Blue Cross of California announced today that it has rescinded its notice of termination of its Comprehensive Contracting Hospital Agreement with Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, an acute care hospital operated by a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation.

 

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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:  November 21, 2003

 

 

 

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