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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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.

“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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.