TeamHealth Expands California Presence

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TMH), one of the nation's largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, announced the acquisition of the operations of Burbank, Calif.-based Primary Critical Care Medical Group (PCCMG). Specializing primarily in hospital and critical care medicine, PCCMG provides clinical services through partnerships with four hospitals and two outpatient primary care clinics in the Southern California market. PCCMG also provides hospital medicine services for more than 100 hospitals throughout California through its contract with Kaiser Permanente. Through its contracts, PCCMG provides care for more than 100,000 patients each year.

"When evaluating partnership opportunities, we determined that TeamHealth was a natural fit," said Bruce Gipe, MD, founder and medical director of PCCMG. "TeamHealth offers extensive resources in hospital medicine and emergency medicine management and provides unparalleled support for physicians and other clinicians. We are excited to join a provider-centric organization with a culture of high clinical and business standards."

"TeamHealth's strategy is to grow our business through partnerships with quality physician groups, and PCCMG is an excellent example of that," said Mike Snow, president and CEO of TeamHealth. "PCCMG's clinicians and administrative leaders are committed to providing exceptional service to their hospital partners and delivering the highest quality care for patients and their families. TeamHealth is honored to be working with such an outstanding organization."

About TeamHealth
TeamHealth (Knoxville, Tenn.) (NYSE: TMH) is one of the largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals in the United States. Through its 19 regional locations and multiple service lines, TeamHealth's approximately 10,000 affiliated healthcare professionals provide emergency medicine, hospital medicine, anesthesia, urgent care, and pediatric staffing and management services to approximately 900 civilian and military hospitals, clinics, and physician groups in 46 states. TeamHealth was recently named one of "America's 100 Most Trustworthy Companies" for 2014 by Forbes magazine. The term "TeamHealth" as used throughout this release includes Team Health, Inc., and all of its related entities, divisions, subsidiaries and affiliated physicians and physician groups. For more information about TeamHealth, visit www.teamhealth.com.

SOURCE TeamHealth

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