Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VHS) (the "Company") announced today that its management will participate in the 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California. The Company's presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. (ET) on January 11, 2012 and will be available through a live audio webcast of the presentation. To access the webcast, listeners should go to the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://investor.vanguardhealth.com.

If you cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay of the presentation will be available on the investor relations section of the Company's website.

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Vanguard Health Systems owns and operates 28 acute care and specialty hospitals and complementary facilities and services in metropolitan Chicago, Illinois; metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona; metropolitan Detroit, Michigan; San Antonio, Texas; Harlingen and Brownsville, Texas; and Worcester and metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts. Vanguard Health Systems' strategy is to develop locally branded, comprehensive health care delivery networks in urban markets.

Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.
Gary Willis, 615-665-6098
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer