Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Evans Jason Eric
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/22/2016
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TENET HEALTHCARE CORP [THC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1445 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 1400
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Pres. of Hospital Operations
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

DALLAS, TX 75202
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 3,072
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
2012 April Restricted Stock Units   (1)   (1) Common Stock (2) 18,750 $ (1) D  
2014 February Restricted Stock Units   (3)   (3) Common Stock (2) 1,000 $ (3) D  
2015 February Restricted Stock Units   (4)   (4) Common Stock (2) 2,334 $ (4) D  
2015 April Restricted Stock Units   (5)   (5) Common Stock (2) 2,612 $ (5) D  
2016 March Restricted Stock Units   (6)   (6) Common Stock (2) 7,844 $ (6) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Evans Jason Eric
1445 ROSS AVENUE
SUITE 1400
DALLAS, TX 75202
      Pres. of Hospital Operations  

Signatures

Anthony L. Shoemaker, as Attorney-in-Fact for J. Eric Evans 04/01/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) These restricted stock units vest in full on April 30, 2017.
(2) Restricted stock units are settled in shares of the Company's common stock upon vesting.
(3) These restricted stock units vest in full on February 26, 2017.
(4) Half of these restricted stock units vest on each of February 25, 2017 and 2018.
(5) One-third of these time-based restricted stock units vest on each of April 30, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
(6) One-third of these time-based restricted stock units vest on each of March 10, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

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