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Hollywood, Florida, November 23, 2011 – In their continuing effort to provide support and resources for the communities they serve, Hospital Physician Partners (HPP) recently raised over $2700 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. HPP participated in the “Out of the Darkness” community walk which is AFSP’s effort to raise money for vital research and education programs to prevent suicide and save lives. The monies raised also help increase national awareness about depression and suicide, assist in advocacy for mental health issues, and assist survivors of suicide loss.

HPP raised the most money in the shortest amount of time and is still continuing to raise funds as part of the Out of the Darkness initiative. “We as a company are concerned with all aspects of health in our communities,” said Al Emerick, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Hospital Physician Partners. “This is a cause that needs our attention and the attention of our communities. We are proud to be involved with such a worthy cause.”

In the United States, a person dies by suicide every 15 minutes, claiming more than 34,000 lives each year. Click here to learn more about the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. To see photos of the HPP Team at the Out of the Darkness walk, visit our Facebook page.

Hollywood, Florida, November 23, 2011 – Hospital Physician Partners, one of the nation’s leading Emergency Medicine management and staffing companies, recently added two new Emergency Medicine physicians to their clinical leadership team. The move comes in response to continued growth in Hospital Physician Partners Emergency Medicine management business line. Dr. Jennifer Host and Dr. Lance Wilson are now part of a 12-member clinical leadership team responsible for the management of over 130 hospital-based medical practices nationwide.

Dr. Host joined Hospital Physician Partners as a hospital Medical Director in Georgia in 2007 after returning from Afghanistan having served in the U.S. Army. A practicing board certified Emergency Medicine physician since 2000, Dr. Host attended medical school at Rutgers Medical School and completed her residency at St. Lukes Roosevelt Medical Center in New York. Dr. Host now serves as Vice President of Medical Affairs with primary responsibility for Georgia where Hospital Physician Partners maintains nine Emergency Medicine management contracts.

Dr. Wilson has been an Emergency Medicine Physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 2001 and was voted “Top Doc” in Emergency Medicine in Albuquerque by his medical peers this past spring. Dr. Wilson initially joined Hospital Physician Partners in 2008 as Medical Director of the Lovelace Medical Center in New Mexico. His recent promotion to Vice President of Medical Affairs includes clinical management of four Albuquerque emergency departments managed and staffed by Hospital Physician Partners providers.

“We are fortunate to work with such professionals, not only clinically but also administratively,” said Dr. David Schillinger, Hospital Physician Partners President and Chief Medical Officer. “Dr. Host and Dr. Wilson demonstrated their outstanding leadership as Medical Directors so it was an easy decision to expand their role within the Hospital Physician Partners team.” Currently, Hospital Physician Partners provides Emergency Medicine jobs and Hospitalist jobs for more than 1,500 clinical providers nationwide, treating approximately two million patients a year.

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HPP Helps Lead Fundraising Efforts for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Hollywood, Florida, November 23, 2011 – Hospital Physician Partners (HPP) recently partnered with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to help fight cancer. LLS’s Light The Night Walk was held on Saturday, November 5 in Durham, North Carolina and November 12 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Walk is the LLS’s annual fundraising walk to pay tribute and bring hope to people battling cancer.

Over 25 members, of the HPP team from the Durham, NC, Plantation and Hollywood, FL offices attended with their families and helped raise nearly $10,000 in donations. The team volunteered in the setup for the event while partnering with other families, friends, and local corporations to bring help and hope to people battling cancer. Due to all their hard work and efforts, the HPP Team was honored at the event with induction into the “VIP 5280 Club” which includes any individual or teams which raised between $5,280 and $9,999.

“The Light The Night Walk was a great opportunity to strengthen our relationship and support to our community partners and we look forward to the next event,” said Hospital Physician Partners Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Al Emerick. Visit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’ (LLS) to learn more about their mission and how you can join the fight against cancer. To see photos of the HPP Team at Light The Night Walk, click here to visit our Facebook page.

Light The Night Walk is the Leukemia and Lymphomas Society’s (LLS) premier annual fundraising walk. They use this evening to celebrate, honor and commemorate those lives touched by blood cancers. Last year they raised more than $915K, and this year they would like to raise the bar as they head into their “March to a Million” campaign.

There are two walks that will take place this fall in South Florida:

• Miami-Dade at Bayfront Park, Thursday, November 3rd from 6-9pm
• Broward at Huizenga Plaza, Saturday, November 12th from 5-8pm

Please consider joining us as Hospital Physician Partners will be participating with multiple teams to help make this event a success.

If you would like to participate or want more info, contact:
Evelyn Correa at 800.815.8377 or email ecorrea@hppartners.com

Hospital Physician Partners is proud to congratulate seven of our hospital clients for their recent recognition by The Joint Commission as “Top Performers on Key Quality Measures” for 2010.

• Russellville Hospital – Russellville, Alabama
• Helena Regional Medical Center – Helena, Arkansas
• Santa Rosa Medical Center – Milton, Florida
• Lovelace Westside Hospital – Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Transylvania Regional Hospital – Brevard, North Carolina
• Thomasville Medical Center – Thomasville, North Carolina
• Valley Hospital & Medical Center – Spokane Valley, Washington

Each year The Joint Commission recognizes accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals that attained and sustained excellence in accountability measure performance during calendar year. 401 hospitals were selected representing the top 14 percent of Joint Commission accredited hospitals which report core measure performance data. To read more about this story and/or see the complete list of hospitals, click the link below.

All signs point toward more and more hospitals hiring companies to handle both emergency care and inpatient care

Story by: Thomas R. Collins

Hollywood, Fla. based Hospital Physician Partners (HPP) was an ED business when opportunity came knocking: Hospital administrators started asking, “Can you provide us with some hospitalists to go with our emergency-room doctors?” Today, HPP is firmly in the HM business—and all signs point toward more hospitals hiring companies to handle both emergency care and inpatient care.

“In many ways, we expanded our efforts into hospitalist medicine as a result of requests from our hospital partners,” says Ed Weinberg, HPP’s chief operating officer. “Their needs were such that they asked us to provide hospital medicine services. So from that, it became clear that it was an area that was really growing. And that is something we are pursuing as vigorously as we are emergency medicine.”

HPP handling both emergency care and hospital medicine can help with the transition of patients from the ED to a hospital bed upstairs, he says. “That’s where our efficiencies are, because we have physicians working who are carrying out the same philosophy,” he says. Out of HPP’s 120 contracts, 15 are in hospital medicine. But the HM contract numbers are growing quickly, Weinberg notes.

EmCare has about 400 emergency-medicine programs and more than 50 HM programs, according to Mark Hamm, CEO of EmCare Inpatient Services. He says that it can be much more cost effective to contract with one company for both hospitalist and ED services, something hospitals find attractive. EmCare service agreements range from completely separate emergency and HM staffs to small, rural hospitals where ED physicians also do rounds. Some hospitals “just don’t have the money for a full-time hospitalist and don’t really need one,” Hamm says.

The patient transitions tend to go more smoothly when both types of care are provided by EmCare, he adds. If they’re not, there can be slowdowns. “Our goal is to quickly and appropriately move patients through the system,” he says. “If we have a hospitalist provider that’s not really on the same page, that can create bottlenecks. But it’s a blip. Our goal is to sit down, even if it’s not an EmCare hospitalist, to sit down with that director and say, ‘Hey look, let’s be the leader here, let’s work together and appropriately expedite these patients.’ We do the same thing on the hospitalist side.”

Inpatient care promises to be a big part of their future business, the executives agreed.

“Hospital medicine,” Weinberg says, “is growing by leaps and bounds.”

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Alabama Medical Director Recognized For Leadership During Tornado Crisis

Hollywood, Florida, June 27, 2011 – Dr. Doug Alexander, Medical Director for Russellville Hospital in Russellville, Alabama, has been recognized for his service and leadership in the aftermath of the recent tornados which devastated Alabama. Hospital Physician Partners (HPP) has given Dr. Alexander its Partners in Excellence Award for Outstanding Service. HPP, through an affiliate entity, manages the emergency department at Russellville Hospital. The award is given by HPP to clinical providers who demonstrate service above and beyond the call of duty and help deliver world class patient care, customer service and leadership.

The F5 tornado on April 27 devastated the communities of Phil Campbell and Hackleburg, Alabama with 39 victims, many in critical or life threatening condition, arriving at Russellville Hospital’s Emergency Department within a three hour window of the tornado. The emergency department averages 30 patients in a 24 hour period patients per hour. “I’ve never been in battle, but this must be what it’s like,” said Dr. Alexander. “The level of injury and the pace of which people were arriving was unlike anything I’d ever seen. It was the teamwork and rapport our staff has together that helped pull us through. There wasn’t a person in this entire hospital that wasn’t doing something to save a life, make people comfortable or help in some way.”

Hospital CEO, Christine Stewart, who along with many of the 301 person hospital staff was on the front lines that day, says she could not have asked for a more prepared team or better response. “Dr. Alexander and the emergency department team were at the front door of the crisis and they responded superbly. There was no way to predict how everything was going to turn out as victim after victim kept arriving. We’re a small rural hospital, which responded like a major city trauma center. We’re lucky to have this level of talent saving lives here in our community,” said Stewart.

Dr. David Schillinger, HPP President and Chief Medical Officer, presented the award to Dr. Alexander in a recent ceremony at the hospital. “Dr. Alexander and his team rose to the occasion in a time of great crisis. This is proof once again of how important teamwork, training and communication are between departments in a hospital.”

About Hospital Physician Partners
Hospital Physician Partners (HPP) is a physician-led, privately held Medical Management company that specializes in Emergency Department and Hospital Medicine program management. With hospital and physician partnerships in more than 100 hospitals in over 20 states, Hospital Physician Partners is one of the fastest growing Medical Management companies in the United States. For more information, visit hppartners.com.

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Hollywood, Florida, March 31, 2011 – Steady growth, national expansion and the recent integration of their Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Medicine business lines have led Hospital Physician Partners (HPP) to further expand their executive and senior leadership. The Florida based clinical Staffing and Management Company has added three new members and promoted another to their senior operations leadership team all within the last four months.

Ed Weinberg has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO) while still maintaining his role as President of HPP affiliate PhyAmerica Government Services, Inc. Weinberg will oversee all of HPP’s physician services operations for the companies more than 100 private, non-profit and governmental healthcare contracts. Peter Doerner was hired at the end of 2010 as Senior Vice President and Chief of Development. During his more than 20 years in healthcare executive leadership, Doerner has created over $1 billion of new customer revenue for the companies he has worked with including RehabCare Inc., a national leader in post-acute rehabilitative care.

Heading up HPP’s rapidly growing Hospitalist Division will be Bryan Weiss, former COO of Emcare Inc.‘s Hospitalist division. Weiss has specialized in inpatient and outpatient care and short-stay surgery center sectors of healthcare for over 25 years. Alongside Weiss to direct and lead HPP’s expansive physician recruitment division will be Fred Newmark. Newmark will join HPP in April coming to HPP from LifePoint Hospitals Inc. in Nashville, TN where he helped lead physician and nursing recruitment efforts for the 50 hospital system.

“These are incredible times for our company,” says Jeffrey Schillinger, HPP Chief Executive officer. “We have added a level of talent that will raise our operational capacity exponentially and provide the foundation required for such a rapidly growing company.”

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners, (HPP) is a physician-led, privately held Medical Management company that specializes in the integration of Emergency Department and Hospitalist Medicine programs. With hospital and physician partnerships in more than 100 hospitals in over 20 states, Hospital Physician Partners is one of the fastest growing Medical Management companies in the United States maintaining offices in Hollywood, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida and Durham, North Carolina. For more information, visit hppartners.com.

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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, December 23, 2010 – Hospital Physician Partners, one of the nations fastest growing Hospitalist and Emergency Department (ED) management groups, has seen a rapid expansion of its Hospitalist division over the last two quarters of 2010. Since June, the Florida based company has added seven new Hospitalist contracts in Florida, Texas and North Carolina and opened a new Hospitalist division office in Naples, Florida.

Hospital Physician Partners most recent Hospitalist Medicine management program additions include Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center, Daytona Beach, FL; Johnston Medical Center, Smithfield, NC; Southwest General Hospital in San Antonio, TX and The Medical Center of Southwest Texas in Port Arthur, TX. In total, Hospital Physician Partners now manages Hospitalist Medicine programs across the country in eight states including Florida, Texas, Arizona, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.

Hospital Physician Partners contracts with hospitals to provide a comprehensive Hospitalist Medicine management program which includes clinical staffing, process management, training and education and performance improvement. Each program is managed by practicing Hospital Physician Partners’ physicians who in addition to the operational responsibilities also work clinical shifts.

“The need is increasing for a more efficient and patient focused global continuum of care. With this need, the implementation of Hospitalist programs continues to grow,” says Jeffrey Schillinger, CEO of Hospital Physician Partners. Hospital Physician Partners’ Hospitalist providers include Physicians, Physicians Assistants and Nurse Practitioners who provide care for patients while they are in the hospital. All care is coordinated with a patients primary care physician but it is the Hospitalist who treats and ultimately discharges the patient with follow-up to occur with the patients primary care provider.

Schillinger says his company specializes in helping hospital leadership manage challenges hospital-wide versus offering a “silo” approach. “We have an intimate knowledge of both Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Medicine. Patient care is no longer one-dimensional. We integrate our diverse expertise to help hospitals manage the patient experience from the time of the initial ED visit to admission and/or discharge,” says Schillinger. “The integration of these service lines is a natural progression in improving overall patient care,” added Schillinger.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners, (HPP) is a physician-led, privately held Medical Management company specializing in integrated Emergency Department and Hospitalist Medicine management. HPP maintains hospital and physician partnerships in more than 100 hospitals in over 20 states and has corporate offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida, Naples, Florida and Durham, North Carolina. For more information, visit hppartners.com.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, August 24, 2010 – Hospital Physician Partners, one of the nation’s fastest growing Hospitalist and Emergency Department management groups, has acquired Naples, Florida based Panda/King Group’s (PK) hospital and provider contracts. The move firmly positions Hospital Physician Partners to grow its Hospitalist-based business which has been steadily expanding over the past year with the addition of more than 25 Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Medicine contracts. “The acquisition of the PK Group contracts is a real value that will have immediate impact on our existing Hospitalist-based business,” says Jeffrey Schillinger, Hospital Physician Partners CEO. “PK’s team consists of seasoned clinicians who deliver quality patient care and also understand the level of partnership and collaboration which is required with hospital leadership in order to effectively integrate ED and Hospitalist programs.”

PK Group has been managing Hospitalist contracts in the Southwest Florida area for over five years. Dr. Sunil Pandya, co-founder and former CEO of the PK Group, sees great things ahead. “We have developed a singularly unique program incorporating best practices from around the country,” says Pandya, “Hospital Physician Partners is now in a strong position to implement all of our solutions a la carte to hospitals currently struggling with their inpatient services.” Pandya will serve as the Chief Medical Officer for Hospital Physician Partners’ Hospitalist division which will be run from PK’s former offices in Naples, Fl.

As a result of the purchase, Hospital Physician Partners clinicians now practice Hospitalist Medicine at NCH Downtown Naples Hospital, NCH North Naples Hospital and Physicians Regional Medical Center – Collier and Pine Ridge locations. Nationally, Hospital Physician Partners manages Hospitalist programs in Arizona, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky with plans for expansion throughout the rest of the U.S.

“Our experience and knowledge creates a clinically advantageous environment for our clients,” says Schillinger. “We offer an integrated management approach with local, clinically active leadership working alongside our providers and hospital administration to address issues and concerns early before they become problems.” Dr. Pandya notes that the relationship between Hospitalist programs and the Emergency Department is a close one and they depend on one another greatly. That approach is already being exercised as many of Hospital Physician Partners current Hospitalist contracts include management of both Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine programs.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners, (HPP) is a physician-led, privately held Medical Management company specializing in integrated Emergency Department and Hospitalist Medicine programs. With hospital and physician partnerships in more than 125 hospitals in over 20 states, Hospital Physician Partners is one of the fastest growing Medical Management companies in the United States maintaining offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida and Durham, North Carolina. For more information, visit hppartners.com.

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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, July 6, 2010 – Hospital Physician Partners, a nationwide Medical Management company that specializes in the integration of Emergency Department (ED) and Hospitalist Medicine programs and government healthcare staffing, announced today the start of a new ED partnership with Wadley Regional Medical Center located in Texarkana, Texas.

With the addition of Wadley Regional Medical Center, Hospital Physician Partners now manages 10 ED and Hospitalist contracts in Texas. “We are excited to partner with Wadley Regional Medical Center and become actively engaged with their team so we can provide the right management solutions,” Hospital Physician Partners Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Schillinger said, “We have a strong presence and connection to the Texas healthcare community and we will continue to strengthen that bond through our continued commitment to a local management approach.”

Hospital Physician Partners Clinical Operations leadership team consists of clinicians and former hospital executives with decades of experience in ED and Hospitalist Medicine management and clinical practice experience. Each member of the Hospital Physician Partners Clinical Operations team works either clinically and/or administratively in the hospitals they serve.

Effective July 1, Hospital Physician Partners will be responsible for the daily management and physician staffing of Wadley Regional Medical Center’s emergency department, which has an annual patient volume of 44,000. The Florida-based Medical Management company added 26 new Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine contracts in 2009. The addition of Wadley Regional Medical Center is the 12th contract awarded to Hospital Physician Partners in the first 5 months of 2010.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners its family of affiliates are among the nation’s largest privately-held Medical Management companies specializing in the integration of Emergency Department & Hospitalist Medicine programs and government healthcare staffing. Along with PhyAmerica Government Services, Inc., Hospital Physician Partners maintains partnerships with more than 125 hospitals and government healthcare facilities in over 20 states treating more than two million patients annually. Hospital Physician Partners is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and maintains offices in Durham, North Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida and Plantation, Florida. For more information, visit www.hppartners.com.

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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, June 24, 2010 – In response to continued growth and national expansion, Hospital Physician Partners (HPP) announced this week the promotion of LaMon Norton, RN and Brian Johnson, CPNP, FNP to Emergency Department (ED) Division Presidents. Effective July 1, Ms. Norton will oversee the company’s Ft. Lauderdale division and Mr. Johnson will run the Durham operations.

Hospital Physician Partners CEO, Jeffrey Schillinger stated the move supports the company’s commitment to stay closer to their clients and physicians by having senior executives with authority and autonomy to quickly respond to client needs. “I am excited over the organizational change at HPP. Both LaMon and Brian have worked with us for many years and possess the professional skills and backgrounds to succeed,” said Schillinger. “Additionally, they are very knowledgeable of our clients and their needs and will provide them with greater access to the growing resources in the HPP family of companies.”

Mr. Johnson is a former hospital CEO who also was the Corporate Director of Emergency Medicine for IASIS Healthcare. Ms. Norton possesses more than 15 years experience in hospital management, 13 of which are in Emergency Medicine. Both are seasoned veterans administratively and clinically, who have been with HPP for over 20 years collectively.

Already in 2010, Hospital Physician Partners has added more than a dozen new ED and Hospitalist Medicine contracts following the trend in 2009 which saw the addition of 26 new contracts. In addition to the staffing and management of ED and Hospitalist Medicine programs nationwide, Hospital Physician Partners’ affiliate, PhyAmerica Government Services, Inc. (PGS), provides healthcare staffing management solutions for military facilities including hospitals, clinics and urgent care centers, plus state-run facilities and other government healthcare entities. PGS also partners with small businesses that are seeking to provide services to government healthcare facilities.

About Hospital Physician Partners
Hospital Physician Partners, (HPP) is a physician-led, privately held Medical Management company that specializes in the integration of Emergency Department and Hospitalist Medicine. With hospital and physician partnerships in more than 125 hospitals in over 20 states, Hospital Physician Partners is one of the fastest growing Medical Management companies in the United States maintaining offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida and Durham, North Carolina. For more information, visit hppartners.com.

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The 2010 Hospital Physician Partners annual Medical Directors conference received strong reviews from attendees and received an overall approval rating of 4.93 out of 5.0. The conference which was held in Las Vegas, was themed “Fast-Track to Success” and featured a vast array of education and entertainment highlighted by nationally renowned guest lecturers and a ride around the asphalt oval of Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Lecture topics ranged from Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletes and Departmental Improvement to Legal Liability and Leadership Best Practices; with CEU’s being offered to attendees.

For entertainment, Directors and thier families were given the thrill of a lifetime with Ride-A-Long experiences around Las vegas Motor Speedway. Participants got to feel the rush of real life racing by riding shotgun in a two seat stock car on a three lap NASCAR qualifying run at speeds up to 168mph. Nearly a dozen truly brave attendees actually participated in the Rookie Driving Experience which included an hour long training followed by participants taking the wheel themselves at speeds up to 130mph.

“I have been a Medical Director for 19 years and have worked with many large national and small local groups,” said one Director attendee. “Our yearly meetings for the past two years with Hospital Physician Partners have far exceed any previous yearly meetings both for quality of content and location.”

Although the exact location and date have not been determined yet, planning will begin in the next 45-60 days according to Vice-President of Marketing and Communications, Al Emerick. “We want to get a head start this year. Between our doctors schedules and the general logistics of getting more than 120 people from all over the country together in one place, you can’t plan too far ahead, “ says Emerick.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners and its family of affiliates are among the nation’s largest privately-held Medical Management companies specializing in Emergency & Hospitalist Medicine and government healthcare staffing. Along with PGS, Hospital Physician Partners maintains hospital and provider partnerships in more than 130 hospitals in over 20 states treating more than two million patients annually and working with over 1800 providers. Hospital Physician Partners is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and maintains offices in Durham, North Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida and Plantation, Florida. For more information, visit www.hppartners.com.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, June 8, 2010 – Hospital Physician Partners, an industry leader in Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine management, announced today the addition of 12 new contracts during the first 5 months of 2010. This growth continues the trend in 2009 which resulted in 26 new contracts. This year’s expansion includes new emergency department and in-patient Hospitalist program contracts in Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas and solidifies Hospital Physician Partners as one of the fastest growing Medical Management companies in the United States.

“Our Clinical Operations teams’ expertise and dedication on a local level in our client hospitals continues to be our greatest asset,” said Hospital Physician Partners Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Schillinger. “Our clinical leaders practice in the hospitals we serve. That means they, along with our local Medical Directors, are on-site from the very beginning working with hospital leadership to deal with issues and challenges when they happen, not six months later when things are out of hand.”

Last year, the Hospital Physician Partners” Clinical Operations leadership team worked 1,086 shifts representing over 11,000 clinical hours in client hospitals. Nationally, Hospital Physician Partners and its affiliates treat over two-million patients annually and work with more than 1800 providers.

In addition to the staffing and management of emergency department and Hospitalist programs nationwide, Hospital Physician Partners’ affiliate, PhyAmerica Government Services, Inc. (PGS), provides healthcare staffing and management solutions for military facilities including hospitals, clinics and urgent care centers, plus state-run facilities and other government healthcare entities. PGS also partners with small businesses that are seeking to provide services to government healthcare facilities.

“The larger you grow as a company, the greater the challenge becomes to remain local,” says Schillinger. “That’s something we’ve got to be able to hold on to. It’s what sets us apart from the competition. Hospital Physician Partners will continue to be there as a medical management resource for hospitals seeking to improve their service delivery and the overall patient experience.”

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners and its family of affiliates are among the nation’s largest privately-held Medical Management companies specializing in Emergency & Hospitalist Medicine and government healthcare staffing. Along with PGS, Hospital Physician Partners maintains hospital and provider partnerships in more than 130 hospitals in over 20 states treating more than two million patients annually and working with over 1800 providers. Hospital Physician Partners is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and maintains offices in Durham, North Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida and Plantation, Florida. For more information, visit www.hppartners.com.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, June 8, 2010, 2010 – Hospital Physician Partners, one of the nation’s fastest growing Medical Management companies specializing in emergency department (ED) and Hospitalist in-patient program management, announced today new partnerships with Lower Keys Medical Center, Physicians Regional Medical Center – Collier, Physicians Regional Medical Center – Pine Ridge and Santa Rosa Medical Center.

Hospital Physician Partners has already started management of the ED for Physicians Regional Medical Center in Naples, Florida and Santa Rosa Medical Center in Milton, Florida, as well as management of the Hospitalist program at Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West, Florida. With the addition of the new partnerships, Hospital Physician Partners and its affiliate, PhyAmerica Governmental Services, Inc., now manage ED and Hospitalist contracts with 13 Florida hospitals:

• Bethesda Memorial Hospital – Boynton Beach
• Lower Keys Medical Center – Key West
• Memorial Hospital of Tampa – Tampa
• Mount Sinai Medical Center – Miami Beach
• Mount Sinai (Aventura) – Miami Beach
• Mount Sinai – Miami Heart
• Naval Hospital Pensacola – Pensacola
• Palms of Pasadena – St. Petersburg
• Physicians Regional Medical Center – Collier – Naples
• Physicians Regional Medical Center – Pine Ridge – Naples
• Santa Rosa Medical Center – Milton
• Town & Country Hospital – Tampa
• Westchester General Hospital – Miami

“Our growth is a direct result of our ability to understand the local issues each hospital faces,” says Hospital Physician Partners President and Chief Medical Officer David Schillinger, M.D., FACEP. “We believe it is our responsibility as a management partner to communicate pro-actively so when challenges arise, we can be responsive and address issues quickly.”

Last year, the Hospital Physician Partners’ Clinical Operations Leadership team worked over 1,000 shifts representing over 11,000 clinical hours in client hospitals. “Our local presence allows us to be actively engaged in providing solutions, which reflect the very best ideas from hospital leadership, medical staff and Hospital Physician Partners,” says Dr. Schillinger. Last year, Hospital Physician Partners added 26 new contracts and has already expanded its national base with over 11 new contracts in 2010.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners and its family of affiliates are among the nation’s largest privately-held Medical Management companies specializing in Emergency & Hospitalist Medicine and government healthcare staffing. Along with PhyAmerica Government Services, Inc., Hospital Physician Partners maintains hospital and provider partnerships in more than 130 hospitals in over 20 states treating more than two million patients annually and working with over 1800 providers. Hospital Physician Partners is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and maintains offices in Durham, North Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida and Plantation, Florida. For more information, visit www.hppartners.com.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, June 3, 2010 – Hospital Physician Partners, one of the nation’s leading medical management companies specializing in Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine, announced today a new partnership with Lock Haven Hospital located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.

Lock Haven Hospital represents Hospital Physician Partners newest emergency department (ED) contract in Pennsylvania. Hospital Physician Partners Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Schillinger says he is excited about this new partnership. “They have a great administrative and medical leadership team which appreciates the value of teamwork and collaboration in delivering quality patient care. It is our job to manage an emergency department that is safe, effective and efficient,” said Schillinger.

Hospital Physician Partners will be responsible for the daily management and physician staffing of Lock Haven Hospital’s ED. Hospital Physician Partners Clinical Operations team consists of physicians, allied healthcare professionals and former hospital executives with decades of emergency department management and clinical practice experience. “Our strength is our local approach,” says Schillinger. “All of our Clinical Operations team members actively practice clinically in the hospitals they serve. “We’ve been doing this for more than 30 years,” adds Schillinger. “Our local approach has served us well and it’s a core value we are committed to.”

Last year, the Hospital Physician Partners’ Clinical Operations Leadership team worked 1,086 shifts representing over 11,000 clinical hours in client hospitals. The Florida-based Medical Management company added 26 new contracts across the United States in 2009 and has already expanded its national base in 2010 with the addition of 10 new Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine contracts.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners and its family of affiliates are among the nation’s largest privately-held Medical Management companies specializing in Emergency & Hospitalist Medicine and government healthcare staffing. Along with PhyAmerica Government Services, Inc., Hospital Physician Partners maintains hospital and provider partnerships in more than 130 hospitals in over 20 states treating more than two million patients annually and working with over 1800 providers. Hospital Physician Partners is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and maintains offices in Durham, North Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida and Plantation, Florida. For more information, visit www.hppartners.com.

Durham, North Carolina, May 4, 2010 – PhyAmerica Government Services Inc., (PhyAmerica) officially introduced its new brand today with the launch of its official company website, www.phyamerica.com. The launch marks the first brand change for the company which has been involved in government healthcare staffing and medical management for more than 20 years.

“For many years, PhyAmerica has had the honor and privilege of serving such clients as the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and Federal Bureau of Prisons as well as many state and local agencies,” stated PhyAmerica President Ed Weinberg. “We will continue to do so as we seek to develop a stronger position in the marketplace and build upon our strong reputation in the government healthcare sector.”

Visitors to the new website have many options. For providers seeking independent contractor and employment opportunities, the site offers an interactive job search and resource center. There is also information for small businesses seeking a Teaming Partner. These partnerships allow PhyAmerica to respond effectively to changes in government contracting. “Our goal was to provide one source which provided efficient yet comprehensive information for the government healthcare sector,” says Al Emerick, Vice President of Marketing and Communications. “Visitors need to be able to get in and out of the site quickly but also feel they got the information they needed. I feel we’ve accomplished that.”

A member of the Hospital Physician Partners family, PhyAmerica currently provides staffing and management services for 20 contracts in 11 states. Hospital Physician Partners manages over 120 Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine contracts in more than 20 states treating over two million patients annually.

About PhyAmerica Government Services Inc.

PhyAmerica Government Services Inc. (PhyAmerica) is a privately held Prime Government Contractor specializing in healthcare staffing and management solutions for government military facilities; including hospitals, clinics and urgent care centers, state-run facilities and other healthcare settings. Based in Durham, North Carolina with regional offices in Jacksonville and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, PhyAmerica maintains Teaming Partnerships and government contracts in more than a dozen facilities across nine states and growing. PhyAmerica is a member of the Hospital Physician Partners family. Hospital Physician Partners is one of the nation’s fastest growing Medical Management companies specializing in Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine. For more information, visit www.hppartners.com.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, March 1, 2010 – Hospital Physician Partners, an industry leader in
Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine management, announced today record growth in 2009 with
the addition of 26 new contracts, including five new contracts resulting from the acquisition of
Southern Medical Partners, L.L.C. in the third quarter of 2009.

Growth in 2009 included new Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Medicine contracts in North
Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, Texas and
Kentucky.

This growth helped broaden Hospital Physician Partners strong business base in emergency
department (ED) and Hospitalist in-patient program management and accounted for an
additional 400,000 patients nationally.

“All of us at Hospital Physician Partners are excited about our new partnerships. We look
forward to providing our clients with the level of clinical expertise, operational performance and
quality care they deserve,” said Hospital Physician Partners Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey
Schillinger. “We had a great year in 2009 but there is much more to do. Many challenges lie
ahead for the healthcare industry and Hospital Physician Partners will continue to be there as a
medical management resource for hospitals to improve service delivery and the overall patient
experience.”

In total, Hospital Physician Partners and its affiliated company, PhyAmerica Government
Services, Inc. now manage over 125 contracts in more than 23 states treating over 2.5 million
patients annually.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners is a physician-led, privately held Medical Management company
that partners with hospitals and clinical providers to deliver quality patient care, improve
emergency department and inpatient services and build successful Emergency and Hospitalist
Medicine practices. With hospital and physician partnerships in more than 125 hospitals in over
23 states, Hospital Physician Partners is one of the fastest growing Medical Management
companies in the United States maintaining offices in Durham, North Carolina, Jacksonville,
Florida and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, visit www.hppartners.com.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November 3, 2009 – Southern Medical Partners, L.L.C. (SMP) has joined the Hospital Physician Partners family. Hospital Physician Partners, one of the nation’s fastest growing Medical Management companies, specializes in emergency department (ED) and Hospitalist in-patient program management. The recent acquisition of SMP expands Hospital Physician Partners presence in Kentucky to nine hospitals.

In addition to current management contracts in Benton, Middlesboro, Fulton and South Williamson Kentucky, Hospital Physician Partners will now assume the ED staffing and management for five additional Kentucky hospitals including:

• Mary Breckinridge Hospital – Hyden, KY
• McDowell ARH Hospital – McDowell, KY
• Morgan County ARH – West Liberty, KY
• Whitesburg ARH Hospital – Whitesburg, KY
• Hazard ARH Hospital – Hazard, KY

“We are very proud to be partnering with these hospitals and continuing to help deliver quality Emergency Medicine services to the State of Kentucky,” said Jeffrey Schillinger, Hospital Physician Partners CEO. “The ED is the community’s front door to the hospital. It is our mission to be a true partner with our hospital clients by delivering quality patient care, investing our resources through locally active clinical leadership and enhancing overall emergency department service delivery.”

By year’s end, Hospital Physician Partners will have assumed over 20 new Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist in-patient program management contracts nationwide.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners is a physician-led, privately held Medical Management company that partners with hospitals and clinical providers to deliver quality patient care, improve Emergency Medicine and inpatient services and build successful Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist practices. With hospital and physician partnerships in more than 125 hospitals in over 23 states, Hospital Physician Partners is one of the fastest growing Medical Management companies in the United States maintaining offices in Durham, North Carolina as well as Jacksonville and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Hospital Physician Partners Senior Vice-President of Physician Services, Cathy Thomas, was recently cited as an industry expert for May’s feature story in EP Monthly, “So You Want To Work in Colorado.” Visit the links below to view the story online or as a PDF.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, April 6, 2009 Hospital Physician Partners, a national Medical Management company specializing in Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine practice management, announced today the addition of eight new hospital partnerships in the first quarter of 2009.

The contracts were awarded to Hospital Physician Partners for management of Emergency Department services which encompass clinical and operational management, physician recruitment, and billing. The new contracted hospitals include:

• Lakeland Community Hospital, Hayleyville, AL
• Russellville Hospital, Russellville, AL
• LV Stabler Memorial Hospital, Greenville, AL
• Jacksonville Medical, Jacksonville, AL
• Mary Black Health System, Spartanburg, SC
• Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Ronceverte, WV
• Northeast Regional Medical Center, Kirksville, MO

“We are very proud to be partnering with these hospitals and helping deliver quality Emergency Medicine services,” said Bob Bunker, Hospital Physician Partners Chairman and CEO. “The emergency department is the community’s front door to the hospital. It is our mission to be a true partner with our hospital clients by delivering quality patient care, investing our resources through locally active clinical leadership and enhancing overall emergency department service delivery.”

Hospital Physician Partners has assumed management operations for a number of the new contracts and will assume operations for the remainder of the hospitals over the next 60-120 days. After assessing each hospitals needs, Hospital Physician Partners clinical and operational leadership works with hospital leadership and medical staff to develop implementation plans that will provide a smooth transition without interruption of services and care.

About Hospital Physician Partners

Hospital Physician Partners is a privately held, physician-led Medical Management company that partners with hospitals and clinical providers to deliver quality patient care, improve Emergency Medicine and inpatient services and build successful Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist practices. With hospital and physician partnerships in more than 100 hospitals in over 20 states, Hospital Physician Partners is one of the fastest growing Medical Management companies in the United States.

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