DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that Howard Hacker has been named senior vice president and chief compliance officer, effective May 2.
As chief compliance officer, Mr. Hacker will provide expert management and oversight of the company’s ethics and compliance program as established by Tenet’s Quality, Compliance and Ethics Program Charter. This enterprise-wide compliance oversight includes 79 acute care hospitals and their affiliated outpatient facilities, over 700 physician practices, United Surgical Partners International, Conifer Health Solutions, and other services and functions within the company. Mr. Hacker will report directly to the Quality, Compliance and Ethics Committee of Tenet’s board of directors.
“Howard brings a wealth of experience to Tenet, and I could not be more pleased to have someone with his considerable talent join our organization,” said Trevor Fetter, chairman and chief executive officer. “For healthcare organizations to succeed in the long term, they must operate from a strong foundation of values supported by an effective compliance program. I am delighted to work with Howard and all of our leaders to uphold the highest standards of integrity in our service to our patients and our communities.”
Mr. Hacker said, “Integrity is an essential part of Tenet’s culture, and I am excited to be joining an organization and a leadership team that is so focused on quality and integrity. I look forward to leading the company’s compliance program and enhancing our culture and reputation to build a stronger business.”
Mr. Hacker succeeds Vanessa Benavides, who left Tenet to assume the leadership of compliance and privacy operations at Kaiser Permanente.
Howard Hacker Biographical Information
Mr. Hacker joins Tenet after more than a decade at Pfizer Inc. where he served in various leadership roles within Pfizer’s legal and compliance teams. Most recently, he served as Chief Compliance Counsel for Pfizer’s Global Established Pharma business, overseeing its comprehensive global compliance program. Prior to Pfizer, Mr. Hacker worked for the law firms of Jones Day and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Mr. Hacker is a member of the Texas bar. He received a bachelor’s degree in History and Russian from Washington University in St. Louis and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.
About Tenet Healthcare
Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a diversified healthcare services company with 130,000 employees united around a common mission: to help people live happier, healthier lives. Through its subsidiaries, partnerships and joint ventures, including United Surgical Partners International, the company operates 79 general acute care hospitals, 20 short-stay surgical hospitals and over 470 outpatient centers in the United States, as well as nine facilities in the United Kingdom. Tenet’s Conifer Health Solutions subsidiary provides technology-enabled performance improvement and health management solutions to hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks, physician groups, self-insured organizations and health plans. For more information, please visit www.tenethealth.com.
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