Director of Strategy - Valley Baptist Medical Center - Brownsville

I.  COMPANY BACKGROUND:

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 480 ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals. We also operate acute care and specialty hospitals, approximately 160 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.

II.  MARKET SUMMARY:

Valley Baptist Health System, consisting of Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville and Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen, has been fortunate to serve the Rio Grande Valley for more than 90 years. During this time, the health of our communities has always led the way, guiding us to offer the right services, at the right time, and in the right place: right here at home.

Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville is a 243-bed hospital.  From routine visits to life-threatening emergencies, Valley Baptist Medical Center is ready to serve you. We want to provide you with the best service and care possible in a faith-based environment, and wish you a speedy recovery and an early return to your home, family and friends. Your care and recovery are our primary concern.

In 1913 in Brownsville, Miss Nora Kelly opened the Charity Home on Madison Street to serve the homeless. Two years later, the Mexican Revolution brought about the need for a place that could provide medical care. People were fleeing north across the border into Brownsville, some needing treatment for wartime injuries, while others were suffering from diseases such as yellow fever and diphtheria.  Ms. Kelly received a donation of $14,000 from the Stillman Family — one of the founding families of Brownsville — to address this problem. In 1917, Divine Providence Hospital opened with the Sisters of Mercy at the helm. This facility quickly proved to be too small for a growing Brownsville. Thanks to a donation of land from James Stillman, and the generosity of other Brownsville residents, Mercy Hospital opened in July 1923.

That same year, 25 miles away in Harlingen, another hospital was being formed by a group of dedicated citizens who saw the need for a modern medical facility.  These residents, including Dr. N. A. Davidson, Dr. G.W. Letzerick, S. G. Stringer, and Judge Fred Bennett, set out to build on a foundation that had been laid by Harlingen’s original 10-bed hospital on "F" Street, between Harrison and Tyler streets, in a converted frame house owned by Mrs. Ida Gilbert.  Harlingen’s new 36-bed hospital was also built on "F" Street, a few blocks away from the original facility. Valley Baptist Hospital, owned by the Lower Rio Grande Valley Baptist Association, opened as a not-for-profit community hospital on January 22, 1925.

Over the years, both hospitals experienced rapid growth and changes in ownership.  In Harlingen, the Baptist General Convention of Texas acquired the hospital in 1945.  In Brownsville, the hospital was operated by the Sisters of Mercy and known as Mercy Hospital or “La Merced” for 50 years until 1973, when it came under corporate ownership and became Brownsville Medical Center.  In 2004, the Brownsville hospital was purchased by Valley Baptist Health System and its name changed to Valley Baptist Medical Center, Brownsville.

In 2011, Valley Baptist entered into a joint venture with Vanguard Health Systems, bringing the resources and expertise of a respected national health care company to Valley Baptist-Harlingen and Valley Baptist-Brownsville.  Then, on Oct. 1, 2013, Vanguard Health System and all its markets became part of Tenet Healthcare Corporation.

In Brownsville, a new wing and major renovations were added in 1952, resulting in an emergency room, a pediatric unit, a new laboratory and an operating room.  In 1963, 52 more beds, a labor and delivery area, surgical suites and a radiology department were added.  In 1983, part of the original 1923 building in Brownsville was demolished and replaced with the current three-story patient tower.

Also in Brownsville, in 1999, the third floor of a Women’s Center a