Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has told voters who it supports to sit on the healthcare district board that oversees Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., according to The Desert Sun.
In a flier mailed to local voters, Tenet recommended Les Zendle, MD, a retired physician, and hospital executive Donald Lorack for two open seats on the Desert Healthcare District Board. Tenet also recommended incumbent Mark Matthews.
Tenet has leased and operated Desert Regional Medical Center since 1996, and its lease runs through 2027. The future members of the healthcare district board will play a key role in determining who will run the hospital beyond 2027, according to the report.
Tenet is currently the only hospital operator that has shown interest in running Desert Regional Medical Center. However, there is still time for competing offers to be submitted.
Regarding the fliers sent to voters, Desert Regional spokesman Rich Ramhoff, who serves as a local representative of Tenet, told The Desert Sun, "We are supporting candidates who we believe would best support our employees, our physicians and our patients in the communities we serve."
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