content: Total Number of Pages: 6
  Exhibit Index on Sequential Page No.:  3
  
  
  
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
  
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
  
  
  
                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   January 7, 1997
                                                     -----------------
  
  
                                  ORNDA HEALTHCORP
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                                      DELAWARE
                   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
         1-11591                                          75-1776092
  (Commission File Number)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  3401 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee                37203
  (Address of principal executive office)                (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (615) 383-8599
  <PAGE>
  Item 5.  Other Events.
  
           The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the information about
  the Registrant set forth in Exhibit 99 attached hereto.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
           (c)      Exhibits.
  
                    99  The first two pages of Registrant's news release dated
                        January 7, 1997.
  
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                          ORNDA HEALTHCORP
  
                                          By: /s/ Ronald P. Soltman
                                              Ronald P. Soltman
                                              Senior Vice President
  
  Date:    January 7, 1997
  
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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
                                                                       Sequential
  No.      Subject Matter                                                Page No.
  
  99       The first two pages of Registrant's news
           release dated January 7, 1997........................................4
  
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                                                                       Exhibit 99
  
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  <PAGE>
  [OrNda Letterhead]
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
  
  Contact:          Keith B. Pitts
                    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                      or
                    Thomas A. Bartels
                    Director of Investor Relations
                    OrNda HealthCorp
                    (615) 383-8599
  
  
           ORNDA REPORTS FIRST QTR EPS OF $0.44 ON REVENUE GROWTH OF 29.1%
  
  NASHVILLE, Tennessee (January 7, 1997) -- OrNda HealthCorp (NYSE:ORN) today
  reported that net income applicable to common shares for the three months ended
  November 30, 1996, increased 34.9% to $26.4 million from $19.6 million in the
  first quarter of last year. Earnings per share rose to $0.44 for the first
  quarter ended November 30, 1996, on 60.5 million weighted average common and
  common equivalent shares, compared with $0.40 for the same period last year on
  49.5 million weighted average common and common equivalent shares. Revenue for
  the first quarter of fiscal 1997 increased 29.1% to $637.1 million compared with
  $493.6 million in last year's first quarter. OrNda's EBITDA margin improved to
  15.5% for the first quarter of fiscal 1997 compared with 14.5% in the same
  period last year. Same hospital revenues, adjusted admissions and admissions
  rose by 2.8%, 2.2%, and 0.1%, respectively, over the same period in the prior
  year.
  
           Charles N. Martin, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer
  of OrNda HealthCorp, said, "We are pleased with our first quarter results, which
  is a continuation of the momentum we sustained throughout fiscal 1996. We
  believe the steps we have taken to date have placed OrNda's hospitals in a
  position to achieve success in a managed care environment. Our success in
  building and expanding integrated delivery systems with a comprehensive range of
  services has helped us secure additional managed care contracts and our
  relationships with payors and physicians have encouraged additional contracting
  with OrNda facilities."
  
  
                                       -MORE-
  <PAGE>
  ORN Reports First Quarter Results
  Page 4
  January 7, 1997
  
           On December 23, 1996, subsequent to the first quarter, OrNda completed
  its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of United Western Medical
  Centers, a not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Santa Ana, California,
  which consist primarily of Western Medical Center, a 288-bed acute care hospital
  in Santa Ana, California; Western Medical Center-Anaheim, a 193- bed acute care
  hospital in Anaheim, California; and Western Medical Center-Bartlett, a 202-bed
  skilled nursing facility in Santa Ana, California.
  
           In closing, Mr. Martin said, "We are pleased with the progress being
  made in our proposed merger with Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC), which
  was announced on October 17, 1996. Once completed, this transaction will create
  a consolidated company with proforma revenues of approximately $8.7 billion,
  operating 126 hospitals in 22 states."
  
           Both OrNda and Tenet have announced special shareholder meetings for
  January 28, 1997, for shareholder approval of the proposed merger of the two
  companies.
  
           OrNda HealthCorp, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the third largest
  investor-owned hospital management company in the United States. It is a leading
  provider of healthcare services, delivering a broad range of inpatient and
  outpatient healthcare services principally through the operation of 50 acute
  care hospitals located in urban and suburban communities in 15 states. For
  additional information on the Company, visit OrNda HealthCorp's Web site:
  http://www.orndahealth.com
  
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  Additional Media Contact:   Paula Lovell
                              Lovell Communications Inc.
                              (615) 297-7766
  
  
  
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  Exhibit Index on Sequential Page No.:  3
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                         the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   January 7, 1997
                                                     -----------------
  
                                  ORNDA HEALTHCORP
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                      DELAWARE
                   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
         1-11591                                          75-1776092
  (Commission File Number)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  3401 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee                37203
  (Address of principal executive office)                (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (615) 383-8599
  Item 5.  Other Events.
  
           The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the information about
  the Registrant set forth in Exhibit 99 attached hereto.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
           (c)      Exhibits.
  
                    99  The first two pages of Registrant's news release dated
                        January 7, 1997.
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                          ORNDA HEALTHCORP
  
                                          By: /s/ Ronald P. Soltman
                                              Ronald P. Soltman
                                              Senior Vice President
  
  Date:    January 7, 1997
  
                                         -2-
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
                                                                       Sequential
  No.      Subject Matter                                                Page No.
  
  99       The first two pages of Registrant's news
           release dated January 7, 1997........................................4
  
                                         -3-
  Exhibit 99
  
                                         -4-
  [OrNda Letterhead]
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
  
  Contact:          Keith B. Pitts
                    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                      or
                    Thomas A. Bartels
                    Director of Investor Relations
                    OrNda HealthCorp
                    (615) 383-8599
  
           ORNDA REPORTS FIRST QTR EPS OF $0.44 ON REVENUE GROWTH OF 29.1%
  
  NASHVILLE, Tennessee (January 7, 1997) -- OrNda HealthCorp (NYSE:ORN) today
  reported that net income applicable to common shares for the three months ended
  November 30, 1996, increased 34.9% to $26.4 million from $19.6 million in the
  first quarter of last year. Earnings per share rose to $0.44 for the first
  quarter ended November 30, 1996, on 60.5 million weighted average common and
  common equivalent shares, compared with $0.40 for the same period last year on
  49.5 million weighted average common and common equivalent shares. Revenue for
  the first quarter of fiscal 1997 increased 29.1% to $637.1 million compared with
  $493.6 million in last year's first quarter. OrNda's EBITDA margin improved to
  15.5% for the first quarter of fiscal 1997 compared with 14.5% in the same
  period last year. Same hospital revenues, adjusted admissions and admissions
  rose by 2.8%, 2.2%, and 0.1%, respectively, over the same period in the prior
  year.
  
           Charles N. Martin, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer
  of OrNda HealthCorp, said, "We are pleased with our first quarter results, which
  is a continuation of the momentum we sustained throughout fiscal 1996. We
  believe the steps we have taken to date have placed OrNda's hospitals in a
  position to achieve success in a managed care environment. Our success in
  building and expanding integrated delivery systems with a comprehensive range of
  services has helped us secure additional managed care contracts and our
  relationships with payors and physicians have encouraged additional contracting
  with OrNda facilities."
  
                                       -MORE-
  ORN Reports First Quarter Results
  Page 4
  January 7, 1997
  
           On December 23, 1996, subsequent to the first quarter, OrNda completed
  its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of United Western Medical
  Centers, a not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Santa Ana, California,
  which consist primarily of Western Medical Center, a 288-bed acute care hospital
  in Santa Ana, California; Western Medical Center-Anaheim, a 193- bed acute care
  hospital in Anaheim, California; and Western Medical Center-Bartlett, a 202-bed
  skilled nursing facility in Santa Ana, California.
  
           In closing, Mr. Martin said, "We are pleased with the progress being
  made in our proposed merger with Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC), which
  was announced on October 17, 1996. Once completed, this transaction will create
  a consolidated company with proforma revenues of approximately $8.7 billion,
  operating 126 hospitals in 22 states."
  
           Both OrNda and Tenet have announced special shareholder meetings for
  January 28, 1997, for shareholder approval of the proposed merger of the two
  companies.
  
           OrNda HealthCorp, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the third largest
  investor-owned hospital management company in the United States. It is a leading
  provider of healthcare services, delivering a broad range of inpatient and
  outpatient healthcare services principally through the operation of 50 acute
  care hospitals located in urban and suburban communities in 15 states. For
  additional information on the Company, visit OrNda HealthCorp's Web site:
  http://www.orndahealth.com
  
                                        -###-
  
  Additional Media Contact:   Paula Lovell
                              Lovell Communications Inc.
                              (615) 297-7766