Company: THC
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000070318-25-000039
Chunk: 19

Company: TENET HEALTHCARE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 19
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 to deductible provisions based on the terms of the policies. These policies are issued on an occurrence basis. For both the policy periods of April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025 and April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, we have coverage totaling $850 million per occurrence, after deductibles and exclusions, with annual aggregate sub‑limits of $100 million for floods, $200 million for earthquakes in California, $200 million for all other earthquakes and a per‑occurrence sub‑limit of $200 million per named windstorm with no annual aggregate. With respect to fires and other perils, excluding floods, earthquakes and named windstorms, the total $850 million limit of coverage per occurrence applies. Deductibles are 5% of insured values for earthquakes in California and named windstorms, and 2% of insured values for earthquakes in the New Madrid fault zone, each with a maximum deductible per claim of $25 million. All other covered losses are subject to a minimum deductible of $5 million per occurrence.Professional and General Liability ReservesWe are self‑insured for the majority of our professional and general liability claims, and we purchase insurance from third parties to cover catastrophic claims. At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the aggregate current and long‑term professional and general liability reserves in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were $1.148 billion and $1.138 billion, respectively. These accruals include the reserves recorded by our captive insurance subsidiaries and our self‑insured retention reserves recorded based on modeled estimates for the portion of our professional and general liability risks, including incurred but not reported claims, for which we do not have insurance coverage. Malpractice expense of $162 million and $183 million was included in other operating expenses, net, in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

NOTE 11. CLAIMS AND LAWSUITS

We operate in a highly regulated and litigious industry. Healthcare companies are subject to numerous investigations by various governmental agencies. Further, private parties have the right to bring qui tam or “whistleblower” lawsuits against companies that allegedly submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, the government and, in some states, private payers. We and our subsidiaries