---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000070318-22-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "THC"
cik: "0000070318"
company_name: "TENET HEALTHCARE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:27:04.670309+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tenet Q3 net income $131M, adj EPS $1.44; announces $1B buyback; FY22 EBITDA outlook narrowed

## Summary
- Q3 net income from continuing ops $131M ($1.16 diluted EPS); adjusted diluted EPS $1.44.
- Consolidated Adj. EBITDA $841M vs $855M in Q3 2021; USPI (ambulatory) EBITDA up 16.4% to $319M.
- Board authorized $1B share repurchase program expiring Dec 31, 2024.
- FY2022 Adj. EBITDA outlook revised to $3.375-$3.475B, ~1% change at midpoint.
- Repaid $880M Medicare advances; free cash flow $190M in 9 months (excl. advances $1.07B).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000070318-22-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: THC
- cik: 0000070318
- company_name: TENET HEALTHCARE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031822000047/0000070318-22-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031822000047/thc-20221020.htm

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