TeamHealth Co-Founder, Lynn Massingale, MD, Wins EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award for Southeast Region

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH), one of the nation's largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, announced today that Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and executive chairman of TeamHealth, won the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ award for the Southeast Region in the Services category.

EY announced the award recipients on June 26 at a gala in Atlanta, Ga., where one winner was selected for each of eight categories. The 2014 award recipients were selected by a panel of independent judges made up of previous award recipients, leading CEOs and other regional business leaders. The EY Southeast region includes Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. As a regional award recipient, Dr. Massingale is eligible for consideration for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Program, which will be held in Palm Springs, Calif., in November.

The prestigious award program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

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 more than 9,800 affiliated healthcare professionals provide emergency medicine, hospital medicine, anesthesia, urgent care, and pediatric staffing and management services to more than 860 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.

About EY
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About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.

SOURCE Team Health Holdings Inc.