• Net income from continuing operations available to common shareholders in Q2’22 of $38 million versus $120 million in Q2’21
• Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in Q2’22 of $843 million versus $834 million in Q2’21
• Q2'22 USPI Adjusted EBITDA grew 15.3 percent over Q2'21 excluding grant income; Same-facility system-wide ambulatory surgical cases decreased 0.9 percent versus Q2’21 due to the pandemic
• Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations available to common shareholders in Q2’22 of $0.35 compared to $1.11 in Q2’21; Adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $1.50 in Q2’22 compared to $1.59 in Q2’21
• The disruptive cybersecurity incident contributed to same-hospital adjusted admissions for Q2’22 decreasing 5.3 percent versus Q2’21
• Effective June 30, 2022, Tenet now owns 100% of USPI’s voting stock, having acquired the remaining 5% ownership interest for $406 million
• Refinanced ~$1.75 billion of 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2023 with new 6.125% senior secured notes due 2030; the Company has no significant debt maturities until July 2024
• FY 2022 Adjusted EBITDA Outlook reaffirmed at $3.375 billion to $3.575 billion

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet) (NYSE: THC) today announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 (Q2’22). Tenet’s results for Q2’22 versus the quarter ended June 30, 2021 (Q2’21) are as follows:

“We had another strong quarter and are reaffirming our 2022 Adjusted EBITDA Outlook,” said Saum Sutaria, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Tenet. “We demonstrated resilience in the face of a disruptive cyber attack and discipline through challenging market conditions. The ongoing diversification of Tenet driven by our capital efficient ambulatory expansion is a key differentiator that presents compelling opportunities for growth in earnings and free cash flows.”

COVID-19 Pandemic (COVID)

The Company continues to treat COVID patients and effectively manage the operational and financial impact of the pandemic on its operations. COVID admissions were 3 percent of total admissions in Q2’22 compared to 12 percent of total admissions in Q1’22.

Results from Continuing Operations Available to Tenet Common Shareholders

• Net income from continuing operations available to the Company’s common shareholders in Q2’22 was $38 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, versus $120 million, or $1.11 per diluted share, in Q2’21.
• For YTD Q2’22, net income from continuing operations available to the Company’s common shareholders was $177 million, or $1.63 per diluted share, compared to $217 million, or $2.00 per diluted share, for YTD Q2’21.

Adjusted Net Income from Continuing Operations Available to Tenet Common Shareholders

Reconciliations of net income available to Tenet common shareholders to Adjusted net income from continuing operations available to Tenet common shareholders are contained in Table #1 at the end of this release.

• Tenet’s Q2’22 Adjusted net income from continuing operations available to its common shareholders was $163 million, or $1.50 per diluted share, compared to $173 million, or $1.59 per diluted share, in Q2’21.
• Tenet’s YTD Q2’22 Adjusted net income from continuing operations available to its common shareholders was $376 million, or $3.38 per diluted share, compared to $313 million, or $2.89 per diluted share, in YTD Q2’21.
• The change in the interest expense limitation regulations beginning in 2022 resulted in approximately $20 million of additional income tax expense in Q2’22 and $39 million YTD Q2’22, or $0.18 and $0.34 per diluted share, respectively, compared to the corresponding 2021 periods.

Adjusted EBITDA

Reconciliations of net income available to Tenet common shareholders to Adjusted EBITDA are contained in Table #2 at the end of this release.

• Adjusted EBITDA in Q2’22 was $843 million compared to $834 million in Q2’21.
• For YTD Q2’22, Adjusted EBITDA was $1.731 billion compared to $1.611 billion in YTD Q2’21.

Cybersecurity Incident

• In April 2022, Tenet experienced a cybersecurity incident that temporarily disrupted a subset of our acute care operations. During this time, the Company's hospitals remained operational and continued to deliver patient care safely and effectively, utilizing well-established back‑up processes. The Company immediately suspended user access to impacted information technology applications, executed extensive cybersecurity protection protocols, and took steps to restrict further unauthorized activity.
• Tenet has fully restored impacted information technology operations. The Company estimates that this incident had an unfavorable impact of approximately $100 million to Adjusted EBITDA during Q2’22. The Company has insurance coverage and filed a claim that is within its policy limits, which is ongoing. $5 million of insurance proceeds were received during Q2’22.

Acquires remainder of USPI

• On June 30, 2022, the Company acquired Baylor University Medical Center’s entire 5% ownership interest in our USPI business for $406 million. The Company now owns 100% of the voting stock of USPI. Under the terms of the transaction, Tenet will pay approximately $11 million per month over the next three years on an interest-free basis. The first payment was made in Q2’22.

Financing Activities

• In June 2022, the Company completed a private placement of $2.000 billion in aggregate principal amount of newly issued 6.125 percent senior secured first lien notes maturing in 2030. The Company used the net proceeds from the sale of the notes, after payment of fees and expenses, to finance the redemption of all $1.748 billion aggregate principal amount then outstanding of its 6.75 percent senior unsecured notes due 2023.
• In Q1’22, the Company retired $700 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.50 percent senior secured notes due in 2025, for a total redemption price of approximately $730 million, using available cash on hand. In the first half of 2022, the Company purchased approximately $124 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75 percent senior unsecured notes due in 2023 on the open market for approximately $129 million using available cash on hand ($103 million of which was purchased in Q1’22). In conjunction with these transactions, the Company’s future annual cash interest payments will be reduced by $61 million.

Ambulatory Care (Ambulatory) Segment Results

Tenet’s Ambulatory business segment is comprised of the operations of United Surgical Partners International (USPI). As of June 30, 2022, USPI had interests in 410 ambulatory surgery centers (261 consolidated) and 24 surgical hospitals (eight consolidated) in 34 states. Results for YTD Q2’21 included USPI’s imaging centers (realigned under the Hospital segment as of April 1, 2021) and its urgent care centers (sold in April 2021). For all periods presented, the Company owned 95 percent of the voting stock of USPI.

Revenues and Volumes

• The Ambulatory segment produced net operating revenues of $771 million in Q2’22, an increase of 16.1 percent compared to $664 million in Q2’21. This increase primarily related to service line growth and additional revenues associated with the SurgCenter Development (SCD) acquisition completed in December 2021 and improved pricing yield, partially offset by the absence of revenues from USPI’s urgent care centers, which were sold in the second quarter of 2021.
• Surgical business same-facility system-wide net operating revenues increased 2.8 percent in Q2’22 compared to Q2’21, with cases down 0.9 percent and net revenue per case up 3.7 percent.

Adjusted EBITDA

• Ambulatory segment Adjusted EBITDA was $319 million in Q2’22 ($317 million excluding $2 million of grant income) compared to $295 million in Q2’21 ($275 million excluding $20 million of grant income), driven by the SCD acquisition, as well as new service line growth and improved pricing yield.
• Adjusted EBITDA margin for the Ambulatory segment was 41.4 percent in Q2’22 (41.1 percent excluding grant income) compared to 44.4 percent in Q2’21 (41.4 percent excluding grant income).
• Adjusted EBITDA less facility-level NCI in Q2’22 was $210 million ($209 million excluding grant income) compared to $187 million in Q2’21 ($176 million excluding grant income).

Hospital Operations and Other (Hospital) Segment Results

Tenet’s Hospital business segment is primarily comprised of acute care and specialty hospitals, imaging centers, ancillary outpatient facilities, micro-hospitals and physician practices. Effective April 1, 2021, the Company’s imaging centers that were previously operated under USPI were realigned under the Hospital segment.

Revenues and Volumes

• Net operating revenues (which exclude grant income) in the Hospital segment were $3.645 billion in Q2’22, a decline of 11.0 percent from $4.095 billion in Q2’21. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to the sale of the Company’s Miami-area hospitals in Q3’21 and the unfavorable impact of the cybersecurity incident, partially offset by improved pricing yield.
• Same-hospital net patient service revenue per adjusted admission decreased 0.2 percent year-over-year for Q2’22 primarily due to the unfavorable impact of the cybersecurity incident, partially offset by improved pricing yield.

Adjusted EBITDA

• Adjusted EBITDA in the segment was $431 million in Q2’22 ($339 million excluding $92 million of grant income) compared to $449 million in Q2’21 ($445 million excluding $4 million of grant income).
• Adjusted EBITDA in Q2’22 included an approximate $100 million unfavorable impact related to the cybersecurity incident.
• The Adjusted EBITDA margin excluding grant income was 9.3 percent in Q2’22 compared to 10.9 percent in Q2’21 reflecting the adverse impact from the cybersecurity incident, higher contract labor rates and premium pay due to the pandemic, partially offset by continued strength in patient acuity due to the Company's focus on growing higher acuity services, improved pricing yield and cost efficiency actions.

Conifer Segment Results

Tenet’s Conifer business segment provides comprehensive end-to-end and focused-point business process services, including hospital and physician revenue cycle management, patient communications and engagement support and value-based care solutions to hospitals, health systems, physician practices, employers and other clients.

Revenues

Conifer segment revenues in Q2’22 were $333 million compared to $319 million in Q2’21, an increase of 4.4 percent, primarily due to contractual rate increases and new business expansion. Revenues from external clients in Q2’22 were $222 million compared to $195 million in Q2’21, an increase of 13.8 percent.

Adjusted EBITDA

Conifer generated $93 million of Adjusted EBITDA in Q2’22 compared to $90 million in Q2’21 primarily due to the impact of 4.4 percent revenue growth and continued effective cost management. Conifer’s Adjusted EBITDA margin was 27.9 percent in Q2’22 versus 28.2 percent in Q2’21.

Balance Sheet, Cash Flows and Liquidity

Balance Sheet Highlights

• Cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2022 were $1.013 billion lower than December 31, 2021 primarily due to the Company’s early retirement of $824 million of debt.
• In the year ended December 31, 2020 (FY 2020), the Company received approximately $1.5 billion of Medicare advance payments from CMS related to the pandemic. Approximately $475 million of the Medicare advances were repaid in the YTD Q2’22 period by the Company, and approximately $616 million of these advances were repaid by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2021. Repayment terms for the Medicare advance payments began in April 2021 (12 months from the Company’s receipt of the advance payments in April 2020). An annual interest rate of 4.0 percent will be assessed on any outstanding balances 29 months from the initial advance. The Company began repaying these advance payments in April 2021 and expects to substantially repay the advances by the end of Q3'22.
• The Company had no outstanding borrowings on its $1.5 billion line of credit as of June 30, 2022.
• The Company’s ratio of net debt plus the Medicare advances liability to Adjusted EBITDA was 3.92x at June 30, 2022 compared to 3.93x at March 31, 2022 and 4.07x at December 31, 2021.
• Accounts receivable days outstanding increased to 59.8 days at June 30, 2022 compared to 57.0 days at December 31, 2021. This change is due in part to the cybersecurity incident and the approval of Texas’ Medicaid supplemental funding programs by CMS at the end of March 2022, which resulted in the Company recognizing revenue beginning in March 2022 that has not been fully collected yet since the program was just recently approved.

Cash flows and liquidity

Reconciliations of net cash provided by operating activities to both Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are contained in Table #3 at the end of this release.

• The Company produced free cash flow of $(33) million in Q2’22 ($248 million excluding $281 million of repayments in Q2’22 associated with Medicare advances). There were $152 million repayments of Medicare advances in Q2’21.
• The Company produced free cash flow of $40 million in YTD Q2’22 ($515 million excluding $475 million of repayments in YTD Q2’22 associated with Medicare advances). There were no repayments of Medicare advances in Q1’21 and $152 million repayments of Medicare advances in Q2’21.
• Also, free cash flow in YTD Q2’22 included $104 million of pandemic-related grant receipts compared to $36 million in YTD Q2’21.

Company Outlook

• Reconciliations of Outlook net income available to Tenet common shareholders to Outlook Adjusted EBITDA for the year ending December 31, 2022 (FY 2022) and the quarter ending September 30, 2022 (Q3’22) are contained in Table #4 at the end of this release.
• Reconciliations of Outlook net income available to Tenet common shareholders to Outlook Adjusted net income from continuing operations to common shareholders for FY 2022 and Q3’22 are contained in Table #5 at the end of this release.
• Reconciliations of Outlook net cash provided by operating activities to Outlook free cash flow and Outlook Adjusted free cash flow from continuing operations for FY 2022 are contained in Table #6 at the end of this release.

Tenet’s Outlook for FY 2022 (consolidated and by segment) and Q3’22 follows:

Management’s Webcast Discussion of Results

Tenet management will discuss the Company’s Q2’22 results in a webcast scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Central Time) on July 22, 2022. Investors can access the webcast through the Company’s website at www.tenethealth.com/investors.

The slide presentation associated with the webcast referenced above, a copy of this earnings press release and a related supplemental financial disclosures document will be available on the Company’s Investor Relations website on July 21, 2022.

Cautionary Statement

This release contains “forward-looking statements” - that is, statements that relate to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address the Company’s expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “budget,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “intend,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “see,” “target,” or “will.” Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, especially with regards to developments related to COVID-19. Particular uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to be materially different than those expressed in the Company’s forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors disclosed under “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Tenet Healthcare

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) is a diversified healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas. Our care delivery network includes United Surgical Partners International, the largest ambulatory platform in the country, which operates or has ownership interests in more than 465 ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals. We also operate 60 acute care and specialty hospitals, approximately 110 other outpatient facilities, a network of leading employed physicians and a global business center in Manila, Philippines. Our Conifer Health Solutions subsidiary provides revenue cycle management and value-based care services to hospitals, health systems, physician practices, employers and other clients. Across the Tenet enterprise, we are united by our mission to deliver quality, compassionate care in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

• Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, is defined by the Company as net income available (loss attributable) to Tenet common shareholders before (1) the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, (2) net loss attributable (income available) to noncontrolling interests, (3) income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, (4) income tax benefit (expense), (5) gain (loss) from early extinguishment of debt, (6) other non-operating income (expense), net, (7) interest expense, (8) litigation and investigation benefit (costs), net of insurance recoveries, (9) net gains (losses) on sales, consolidation and deconsolidation of facilities, (10) impairment and restructuring charges and acquisition-related costs, (11) depreciation and amortization and (12) income (loss) from divested and closed businesses (i.e., health plan businesses). Litigation and investigation costs excluded do not include ordinary course of business malpractice and other litigation and related expenses.
• Adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations, a non-GAAP measure, is defined by the Company as Adjusted net income available (loss attributable) from continuing operations to Tenet common shareholders, divided by the weighted average diluted shares outstanding in the reporting period.
• Adjusted net income available (loss attributable) from continuing operations to Tenet common shareholders, a non-GAAP measure, is defined by the Company as net income available (loss attributable) to Tenet common shareholders before (1) income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, (2) gain (loss) from early extinguishment of debt, (3) litigation and investigation benefit (costs), net of insurance recoveries, (4) net gains (losses) on sales, consolidation and deconsolidation of facilities, (5) impairment and restructuring charges and acquisition-related costs, (6) income (loss) from divested and closed businesses (i.e., health plan businesses) and (7) the associated impact of these items on taxes and noncontrolling interests. Litigation and investigation costs excluded do not include ordinary course of business malpractice and other litigation and related expenses.
• Free Cash Flow, a non-GAAP measure, is defined by the Company as (1) net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, less (2) purchases of property and equipment for continuing operations.
• Free Cash Flow excluding repayments of Medicare Advances and Deferred Payroll Tax Payments, a non-GAAP measure, is defined by the Company as (1) Free Cash Flow plus (2) repayments of Medicare Advances and Deferred Payroll Tax Payments.
• Adjusted Free Cash Flow, a non-GAAP measure, is defined by the Company as (1) Adjusted net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from continuing operations, less (2) purchases of property and equipment from continuing operations.
• Adjusted Free Cash Flow excluding repayments of Medicare Advances and Deferred Payroll Tax Payments, a non-GAAP measure, is defined by the Company as (1) Adjusted Free Cash Flow plus (2) repayments of Medicare Advances and Deferred Payroll Tax Payments.
• Adjusted net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, a non-GAAP measure, is defined by the Company as cash provided by (used in) operating activities prior to (1) payments for restructuring charges, acquisition-related costs and litigation costs and settlements, and (2) net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from discontinued operations.

The Company believes the foregoing non-GAAP measures are useful to investors and analysts because they present additional information on the Company’s financial performance. Investors, analysts, Company management and the Company’s Board of Directors utilize these non-GAAP measures, in addition to GAAP measures, to track the Company’s financial and operating performance and compare the Company’s performance to its peer companies, which use similar non-GAAP financial measures in their presentations and earnings releases. The Human Resources Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors also uses certain of these measures to evaluate management’s performance for the purpose of determining incentive compensation. Additional information regarding the purpose and utility of specific non-GAAP measures used in this release is set forth below.

The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful measure, in part, because certain investors and analysts use both historical and projected Adjusted EBITDA, in addition to other GAAP and non-GAAP measures, as factors in determining the estimated fair value of shares of the Company’s common stock. Company management also regularly reviews the Adjusted EBITDA performance for each operating segment. The Company does not use Adjusted EBITDA to measure liquidity, but instead to measure operating performance.

The Company uses, and believes investors use, Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow, and Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow excluding repayments of Medicare Advances and Deferred Payroll Tax Payments as supplemental non-GAAP measures to analyze cash flows generated from the Company’s operations. The Company believes these measures are useful to investors in evaluating its ability to fund distributions paid to noncontrolling interests or for acquisitions, purchasing equity interests in joint ventures or repaying debt.

These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Because these measures exclude many items that are included in the Company’s financial statements, they do not provide a complete measure of the Company’s operating performance. For example, the Company’s definitions of Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow do not include other important uses of cash including (1) cash used to purchase businesses or joint venture interests, or (2) any items that are classified as Cash Flows From Financing Activities on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, including items such as (i) cash used to repay borrowings, or (ii) distributions paid to noncontrolling interests. Accordingly, investors are encouraged to use GAAP measures when evaluating the Company’s financial performance.