Healthcare DIVE October 30, 2026
Tenet’s bet on high-acuity surgeries like joint replacements fueled a strong Q3, helping the health system amid an ACA subsidy fallout and other pressures.
Dive Brief:
- Tenet Healthcare bumped up its 2026 earnings guidance after its strategy to prioritize high-acuity surgeries helped it weather a decline in procedure volumes during the third quarter.
- CEO Saum Sutaria acknowledged on a Thursday call with investors that the surgical market was “not gangbusters right now” but that Tenet’s focus on bringing in more complex, specialized surgeries was critical to weathering financial headwinds, including a rising uninsured rate.
- Tenet now expects full-year net income between
$2.97 billion to $3.08 billionon operating revenues of $22.1 billion to $22.5 billion.
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