Healthcare DIVE February 13, 2025
Health system leaders said Tenet is mostly insulated from proposed policy changes like Medicaid cuts due to its focus on ambulatory surgical centers.
Dive Brief:
- Tenet Healthcare brought in profits of $3.2 billion in 2024, up from $611 million in 2023, on strong same-store revenue, growth in high-acuity care and effective cost management strategies, health system executives said during an investor call Wednesday.
- The earnings performance was stronger than expected based on Tenet’s full year guidance, which the company updated midway through the year.
- Still, Tenet faced challenges during the fourth quarter and underperformed on operating revenue compared to Wall Street’s expectations. Analysts also pressed executives during the call about the health system’s plans to weather possible regulatory changes...