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Tenet Will Not Likely Survive in its Present Form
According to Shareholder Committee Report
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tenet Shareholder Committee today
issued a report, "Tenet's Death Rattle," predicting that Tenet Healthcare
Corp. will not likely survive in its present form.
"With Tenet's rapidly deteriorating cash position and potential multi
billion liabilities, we do not see how Tenet can survive as it is currently
structured," said M. Lee Pearce, M.D., chairman of the committee. "It seems
to us that the more likely outcome is a reorganization of Tenet into several
separate regional companies, perhaps as many as four," Pearce added.
"Looking ahead, what good news is out there for Tenet over the next year
or two?" Pearce asked. "How will Tenet -- burdened with multiple
investigations and huge potential liabilities, multiple earnings
disappointments, many debt downgrades to real junk status and other problems
-- navigate in what is already a very difficult environment for the entire
hospital industry?" Pearce added.
"In our view, Tenet will not have sufficient liquidity to handle the
eventual costs resulting from multiple government investigations, malpractice
lawsuits at Redding and other hospitals, multiple shareholder lawsuits and
other liabilities," Pearce said. "Can Tenet's liability be any less than the
$1.7 billion paid by HCA for an investigation that did not involve patient
deaths, and was only financial fraud? We think the bill for Tenet's alleged
wrongdoing will be considerably higher," Pearce added.
"Despite mostly cosmetic changes, slowly and reluctantly adopted, Tenet
still lacks the proper corporate culture, corporate governance, and quality of
care necessary to survive," Pearce said.
Observations from the Tenet Shareholder Committee report include:
-- Operations at the 27 hospitals to be sold will likely deteriorate
rapidly, as is often the case in the hospital industry following
announcement of a pending sale. This will likely cause a further
drain on Tenet's cash flow. Since the scandals erupted in late
October 2002 and following this planned sale, Tenet will have sold or
closed nearly 40% of its hospitals.
-- The committee believes Tenet's total liabilities arising from federal
and state investigations of outlier overpayments, Medicare upcoding,
past corporate integrity agreement violations, physician relocation
practices, many poor quality of care issues, as well as medical
malpractice lawsuits and shareholder lawsuits to be at least $3
billion.
-- Particularly in a national election year, the committee believes it is
highly unlikely that the government will enter into a favorable global
settlement with Tenet, a company with a felonious past and alleged
recidivist behavior. Opinion polls taken during the recent primaries
show that healthcare is a top issue in the 2004 election.
-- Even with the planned sale of the 27 hospitals, the committee believes
substantial asset sales will be required to support the company's
existing $4 billion in debt and the huge payments resulting from
government investigations, malpractice lawsuits, and other huge
liabilities associated with the $17 billion loss of shareholder value
over the last 15 months.
According to the committee's report, Tenet's existing assets could form
the basis for four separate companies. Tenet's assets in South Florida and
Texas could be the foundation of new companies. Assets in other southern
states could make a third new company spin off. Other assets might be
acquired by stronger not-for-profits. As explained in the report, "We believe
the assets in California, Philadelphia and St. Louis are the least marketable,
and these assets may become the residual Tenet, along with all the company's
massive liabilities, after the more viable assets are sold. Tenet could use
the sale proceeds from its stronger hospitals to fund its massive, but as yet
un-quantified liabilities."
Dr. Pearce concluded, "Starting almost four years ago, the Tenet
Shareholder Committee raised multiple red flags about Tenet's financial
performance, corporate governance, compliance procedures, excessive
compensation, management style, and lack of attention to quality care. We
warned against the practice of what we called 'Wall Street Medicine.' We
said, as forcefully as possible, that at Tenet, quality healthcare takes a
back seat to the almighty dollar. Unfortunately, senior management and the
Board either ignored us, or attacked us, or both. We believe the Board had a
narrow window of opportunity in which to save Tenet. We believe that window
has now closed."
A complete copy of the Tenet Shareholder Committee report, "Tenet's Death
Rattle," can be found on the committee's website:
www.tenetshareholdercommittee.org.
FROM: Myers, Myers & Adams Public Relations
938 Victoria Park Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 954-523-6262
CONTACT: Paul Brickman, paul@mmanda.com
FOR: Tenet Shareholder Committee, LLC
SOURCE Tenet Shareholder Committee
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FWIW,
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