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class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release043008.html"> Muenster Memorial Hospital Selects PHNS For HIM Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - April 30, 2008 - Muenster Memorial Hospital (Muenster), located in Muenster, TX, an 18 bed critical access district owned hospital, has chosen PHNS to provide medical coding services for the Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS is providing Muenster with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to perform medical record coding services to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding. PHNS' commitment to coding quality and turnaround time will have a positive impact on Muenster's information flow and revenue cycle. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release040808.html"> Via Christi Regional Medical Center Expands PHNS' Coding Contract </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - April 8, 2008 - Via Christi Regional Medical Center (Via Christi), located in Wichita, Kansas, the largest Catholic not-for-profit medical center in Kansas, has expanded its services from PHNS to provide inpatient medical record coding services for the Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS is currently providing outpatient coding services to Via Christi. PHNS' proven commitment to quality and cost effective services are aligned with Via Christi's commitment to minimizing administrative costs and maximizing patient care. By reducing costs associated with on-site coding services, Via Christi will realize cost savings that can be used to meet the healthcare ministry of its sponsoring congregations, which is to provide quality healthcare to all people, particularly the poor and underserved members of our society. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release040208.html"> PHNS' Ikerd Becomes Member of AHIMA's ACE </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - April 2, 2008 - PHNS Inc. (PHNS) announced that PHNS' Brenda Ikerd, Senior Vice President for HIM Services, has become a member of ACE, which is the Action Community for e-HIM® Excellence of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). AHIMA, through its electronic health information management (e-HIM) initiative, is committed to accelerating the migration to a fully electronic health information practice. AHIMA believes that effective health information management (HIM) can improve patient safety and the quality of care. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release040108.html"> TIGroup Signs Key Strategic Agreements </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> LOS ANGELES - April 1, 2008 - Tri-Isthmus Group, Inc. (TIGroup) (Pink Sheets: TISG), a provider of financial solutions to the healthcare industry, today announced that it has signed strategic agreements with two leading healthcare infrastructure and operational support companies. After a lengthy evaluation process, TIGroup has chosen PHNS Inc. (PHNS) and Financial Resource Group, LLC (FRG) as strategic partners due to their outstanding reputations, best of class solutions and demonstrated abilities to significantly improve the bottom-line performance of their clients on an accelerated basis. These new relationships will facilitate TIGroup's growth by enabling the company to concentrate its resources on expanding its geographic footprint, increasing its network of physician partners, and expanding the depth and breadth of its offerings. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release030408.html"> Foundation Surgery Affiliates Selects PHNS For Coding Compliance Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - March 4, 2008 - Foundation Surgery Affiliates ("FSA"), located in Oklahoma City, OK, a healthcare management organization focused on ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals, has chosen PHNS to provide coding compliance services. PHNS will provide FSA with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to perform thorough reviews of medical record coding to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding. PHNS will access FSA's electronic health records through a remote-access virtual private network to exchange patient information in a secure and confidential environment. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release030308.html"> PHNS is First IT Outsourcer to Receive National Emergency Telecommunications Service Priority </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-March 3, 2008--PHNS, a Texas-based IT outsourcing company, announced that it is the first information technology outsourcing company to qualify for priority restoration and telecommunication services under the National Communications System/Telecommunication Services Priority (TSP) program. The TSP program provides priority telecommunication services that are critical to national security and emergency preparedness, particularly for coordinating and responding to natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and forest fires, and man-made disasters such as terrorist attacks. The TSP priority will enable PHNS to obtain Government Emergency Telecommunications Service and Wireless Priority Service so that PHNS can continue to provide critical IT services to its 400 hospital customers during national or regional emergencies or disasters. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release022108.html"> KLAS Report Gives PHNS Winning Score of 8.7 For Health Information Management Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-February 21, 2008--PHNS, a Texas-based IT outsourcing company, won high marks for its IT application hosting services in the January 2008 Application Hosting report by KLAS Enterprises, LLC. KLAS is an independent research and consulting firm whose mission is to improve the delivery of healthcare technology by independently measuring and reporting on the performance of healthcare information technology vendors. </span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release021308.html"> Via Christi Regional Medical Center Engages PHNS For Health Information Management Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - February 13, 2008 - Via Christi Regional Medical Center (Via Christi), located in Wichita, Kansas, the largest Catholic not-for-profit medical center in Kansas, has chosen PHNS to provide medical coding and interim management services for the Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS is providing Via Christi with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to perform medical record coding services to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, as well as to oversee the operations of the HIM department coding division and implementation of new technology. PHNS accesses Via Christi's electronic health records through a remote-access virtual private network to exchange patient information in a secure and confidential environment. PHNS' commitment to coding quality and turnaround time will have a positive impact on Via Christi's information flow and revenue cycle. </span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release011808.html"> LSU HCSD's University Medical Center selects PHNS to Provide Health Information Management Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - January 18, 2008 - Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division's University Medical Center (UMC), a 117 bed acute care hospital located in Lafayette, Louisiana, has chosen PHNS to provide interim management services for its Health Information Management (HIM) and coding department. PHNS will provide UMC with an experienced, credentialed HIM professional to oversee the operations of the HIM and coding departments. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release011008.html"> PHNS to Provide HIM Services to Stevens Hospital </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - January 10, 2008 - Stevens Hospital (Stevens), a governmental district hospital located in Edmonds, Washington, has chosen PHNS to provide professional services for the Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS will oversee data scan services and provide Stevens with the assessment and recommendations for the remediation of Stevens' master patient index in preparation for its electronic medical record (EMR) conversion. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release010708.html"> Augustine Health Selects PHNS </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - January 7, 2008 - Augustine Health, a physician group practice of Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals in South Carolina, has selected PHNS to provide coding compliance services. PHNS will provide Augustine Health with experienced, credentialed health information management (HIM) professionals to perform thorough reviews of medical record coding to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, as well as to provide any necessary recommendations and coding staff education. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release122807.html"> Bear Valley Community Hospital Selects PHNS for Remote Coding Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - December 28, 2007 - Bear Valley Community Hospital (Bear Valley), a community hospital serving Big Bear Lake, California, has chosen PHNS to provide comprehensive medical coding services for Bear Valley's Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS will provide Bear Valley with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to perform medical record coding through Bear Valley's HIPAA compliant virtual private network. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release122707.html"> PHNS' Willis Becomes President-Elect of DFW HIMA </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - December 27, 2007 - PHNS Inc. (PHNS) announced that PHNS' Kathy Willis, MBA, RHIT, CCS, is President-Elect of the Dallas Fort Worth Health Information Management Association (DFW HIMA) and will become President of DFW HIMA in 2009. Ms. Willis has been a health information management professional for over twenty years and has served in hospitals in Indiana, Illinois and Texas and has been a health information management sales professional with PHNS for three years. Health information management includes management of medical records, transcription, coding, storage and release of information for hospitals and other healthcare providers. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release122607.html"> Knapp Medical Center Engages PHNS for Implementation Consulting Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - December 26, 2007 - PHNS Inc. (PHNS) announced that Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco, Texas (Knapp), has engaged PHNS to provide implementation consulting services in support of Knapp's implementation of the McKesson Paragon, Horizon Patient Folder and Horizon Business Folder systems. PHNS will provide comprehensive implementation services, including health information management transformation, patient registration/business office workflow, interfaces, assessments and care plans, order management and operating room management, laboratory and microbiology, staff training and business process re-engineering services to promote electronic health record (EHR) best practices. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release120307.html"> Chattanooga State Technical Community College and PHNS Reach Tentative Agreement to Promote Health Information Management Job Opportunities in Chattanooga </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - December 3, 2007 - Chattanooga State Technical Community College (Chattanooga State) in Chattanooga, Tennessee and PHNS in Dallas, Texas have reached a tentative agreement to work together. PHNS selected Chattanooga State, the only accredited Health Information Management ('HIM') program in the Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama tri-state area, to ensure that students graduating from Chattanooga State's program acquire the necessary high degree of proficiency to secure immediate employment upon graduation. Chattanooga State's HIM program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Information and Information Management Education (CAHIM). According to Chick Young, President and Chief Executive Officer of PHNS, The Chattanooga State program offers a natural foundation for a successful collaboration to strengthen the Chattanooga HIM workforce and create new job opportunities. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release112807.html"> Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Engages PHNS For Health Information Management Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - November 28, 2007 - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (Good Shepherd Hospital), an Advocate Health Care hospital providing quality, compassionate health care services for more than twenty years, located in Barrington, Illinois, has chosen PHNS to provide interim management services for the Health Information Management (HIM) department. Since 2000 PHNS has provided HIM outsourcing services to another Advocate Health Care hospital, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, located in Downers Grove, Illinois. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release112807-1.html"> North Cypress Medical Center Selects PHNS' Health Information Management Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - November 28, 2007 - North Cypress Medical Center (North Cypress), a 92-bed, general acute care hospital, located in Houston, Texas, has chosen PHNS to provide interim management services for the Health Information Management (HIM) department. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release112607.html"> Ethicus Healthcare Management Selects PHNS for Revenue Cycle Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> HOUSTON, TX - November 26, 2007 - Ethicus Healthcare Management, LLC (Ethicus), a provider of long-term acute care hospitals, has selected PHNS to provide revenue cycle services to manage the Patient Financial Services (PFS) department. PHNS will provide Ethicus with experienced PFS professionals to perform full business office services. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release110907.html"> Rush-Copley Medical Center Selects PHNS for HIM Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - November 9, 2007 - Rush-Copley Medical Center located in Aurora, Illinois, recognized as a Distinguished Hospital by J.D. Power and Associates, has chosen PHNS to provide professional services for the Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS will provide Rush-Copley with experienced HIM professionals to perform medical record abstracting services. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release103007.html"> PHNS to Provide IT and HIM Services to POH Regional Medical Center </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - October 30, 2007 - PHNS Inc. (PHNS) announced a new long-term agreement to provide information technology services (IT) and health information management (HIM) services (including medical records, transcription and coding) to POH Regional Medical Center (POH), Pontiac, Michigan. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release082307.html"> PHNS selected by Vail Valley for Revenue Cycle Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - August 23, 2007 - Vail Valley Medical Center has selected PHNS to provide revenue cycle services for aged accounts. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release082207-1.html"> North Texas Hospital selects PHNS to provide Medical Coding Services </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - August 22, 2007 - North Texas Hospital, a hospital owned and operated by physicians in partnership with Cirrus Health that is located in Denton, Texas, has chosen PHNS to provide comprehensive medical coding services for North Texas Hospital's Health Information Management (HIM) department. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release082207.html"> Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Selects PHNS </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX - August 22, 2007 - Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, a 286 bed hospital in Los Angeles, California, has selected PHNS to provide revenue cycle services for self pay and commercial accounts. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"> <a href="release082107.html"> PHNS Contributes Computers to The HSC Health Care System </a> </font> </span> </p> <p class="body"> <font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"> Dallas, TX - August 21, 2007 - PHNS announced that it has contributed six personal computers to The HSC Health Care System (HSC), Washington, D.C. as part of PHNS' agreement to contribute 168 personal computers to HSC. &nbsp;</span> </font> </p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release071307.html"> New Benchmark Results Crown IBM Storage Virtualization the Highest Performing Solution in the World </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> July 12, 2007: 09:00 AM EST - Storage Virtualization Solution Unlocks Proprietary Hardware, Delivers Industry Best Performance, Low Power Consumption to PHNS Hospital Services. &nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release052307.html"> HSC Healthcare System Selects PHNS for IT Services </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> Dallas, TX - May 23, 2007 - The HSC Healthcare System (HSC), Washington, D.C., has chosen PHNS to provide information technology services and resources for HSC. HSC provides health services for children with special needs. &nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release051007.html"> North Texas Hospital selects PHNS to provide Coding Compliance Services </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> Dallas, TX - May 10, 2007 - North Texas Hospital, a hospital owned and operated by physicians in partnership with Cirrus Health, located in Denton, Texas has chosen PHNS to provide comprehensive coding auditing services for its Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS will provide North Texas Hospital with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to perform thorough reviews of medical record coding to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release041707.html"> PHNS Acquires Network Technology Group </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> Dallas, TX - April 17, 2007 - PHNS today announced the acquisition of Network Technology Group, Inc. (NTG), which provides advanced data center services, physical and network security protection, disaster recovery services, and electronic data vaulting services for commercial customers. NTG s premier data centers provide the highest levels of reliability through multiple-provider fiber trunk access, redundant uninterruptible power supplies and multiple back-up generators. NTG provides both managed and co-located disaster recovery services, electronic data vaulting, business continuity services and integration services. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release041207.html"> PHNS Announces IT and HIM Services Agreement with Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> Dallas, TX - April 12, 2007 - PHNS Inc. announced a new long-term agreement to provide information technology services (IT), health information management (HIM) services (including medical records, transcription and coding) and selected patient financial services to Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center (MCRMC), Mount Clemens, Michigan. PHNS will hire 36 employees who currently provide those services to MCRMC through another services company. MCRMC, a 288 bed hospital located in Mount Clemens, Michigan, recently became the newest subsidiary of McLaren Health Care, a large, fully integrated health care delivery system in Michigan that owns six other hospitals in Flint, Lansing, Bay City and Lapeer, Michigan. McLaren Health Care has outsourced all of its IT and HIM services to PHNS since 2000. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release041107.html"> LSU HCSD s Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center selects PHNS to Provide Health Information Management Consulting Services </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> Dallas, TX - April 11, 2007 - Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division s Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center (LJC), a flagship of Disease Management within the LSU HCSD Disease Management Programs in Diabetes, Asthma, HIV-AIDS and Cancer Screening, has chosen PHNS to provide comprehensive coding auditing and interim management services for its Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS will provide LJC with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to perform thorough reviews of medical record coding to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding and to oversee the operations of the HIM department and implementation of new technology. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release041007.html"> Ochsner Medical Center Selects PHNS for Coding Compliance Audits </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> Dallas, TX - April 10, 2007 - Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans, a 473-bed acute care facility and a member of the Ochsner Health System, has selected PHNS to provide comprehensive coding auditing services for its Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS will provide Ochsner Medical Center with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to perform thorough reviews of medical record coding to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, as well as to provide any necessary recommendations and coding staff education. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release040407.html"> PHNS to Host Ribbon Cutting </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> Springfield, MO - April 4, 2007 - The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors will conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, for PHNS Inc. located in the SpringNet Underground facility at 3253 E. Chestnut Expressway. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release040407_2.html"> PHNS Announces Disaster-Proof Subterranean Data Center </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- April 4, 2007 - PHNS Inc. announced that its new subterranean, national data center for PHNS hospital customers will be located 85 feet underground in a solid limestone cave in the SpringNet Underground facility developed by City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri. PHNS will migrate a significant portion of its national hospital data center operations to its new subterranean data center. This new data center, combined with PHNS redundant and high availability network, will enable PHNS to ensure that its hospital customers patient information and technology operations can withstand hurricanes, tornados, floods, earthquakes and other disasters. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release040307.html"> Abington Memorial Hospital Selects PHNS for Onsite Coding Compliance Audit </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- April 3, 2007 - As part of its endeavor to maintain excellence as a healthcare provider, Abington Memorial Hospital has selected PHNS to provide an onsite audit of the inpatient and outpatient coding division of its Clinical Information Services (CIS) department. PHNS will provide Abington Memorial Hospital with experienced, credentialed Health Information Management (HIM) professionals to review inpatient and outpatient medical records to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, together with any necessary recommendations and coding staff education. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release040207.html"> Hamot Medical Center Selects PHNS for Onsite and Remote Coding Compliance Audits </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- April 2, 2007 - Hamot Medical Center, a 343-bed hospital, Erie, Pennsylvania, has selected PHNS to provide both an onsite audit of inpatient coding services and a remote audit of interventional radiology coding services of its Health Information Management (HIM) department. PHNS will provide Hamot Medical Center with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to perform thorough reviews of both inpatient and interventional radiology medical records to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, as well as to provide any necessary recommendations and coding staff education. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release_032307.html"> PHNS Deploys Center 7 Service Management Platform </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX and LINDON, UTAH  March 23, 2007 - ITIL Certified Service Management SaaS Platform Installed - Center 7, Inc., the leading provider of SaaS platform services, and PHNS, a leader in information technology and business process outsourcing services to the hospital industry, today announced the deployment by PHNS of Center 7 s PilotCenter SaaS Appliance. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release022807.html"> PHNS Batesville Regional Service Center To Become A Reality </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- February 28, 2007 - PHNS Inc. announced that beginning March 5, 2007 PHNS will begin renovation of 13,439 square feet of the old Wal-Mart building in Batesville, Mississippi, to transform it into a state of the art regional service center. PHNS, a national healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has signed a ten-year lease with Utley Properties of Water Valley, Mississippi for the property. Renovation and upgrades to the building will cost nearly half a million dollars and are expected to take about eight weeks. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release022607.html"> Baton Rouge General Medical Center Selects PHNS to Assist In Implementing New Clinical Systems </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- February 26, 2007 - PHNS today announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement to assist Baton Rouge General Medical Center (BRGMC) and General Health System (GHS), Baton Rouge, Louisiana with its deployment of a wide range of new clinical systems to support nurses, physicians, pharmacists and other members of the care team in the delivery of safe, effective care at BRGMC and its surrounding ambulatory care settings. The new technologies from McKesson Corp. will support BRGMC and GHS in developing an electronic health record (EHR) that spans both inpatient and outpatient settings for greater continuity of care regardless of where patients seek medical services. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release021507.html"> St. Mary Regional Medical Center Selects PHNS </a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- February 15, 2007 - St. Mary Regional Medical Center ("SMRMC") in Apple Valley, California, a member of the St. Joseph Health System, has selected PHNS to provide interim health information management services. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release_020607.html">Comanche County Medical Center Selects PHNS</a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS,TX- February 6, 2007 - Comanche County Medical Center ("CCMC"), a rural Texas acute care hospital, has selected PHNS to provide interim executive management services. Kurt Meyer, Vice President, PHNS' Advisory Services Division, will serve as CCMC's interim Chief Executive Officer while Comanche recruits a permanent replacement. PHNS' Advisory Services Division offers interim and contract CEO, COO, CFO, CIO and CHIM management, clinical integration, and operations improvement consulting services to community hospitals. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release_013007.html">LSU Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center selects PHNS</a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS,TX- January 30, 2007 - Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division's Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center (LJC), a flagship of Disease Management within the LSU HCSD Disease Management Programs in Diabetes, Asthma, HIV-AIDS and Cancer Screening, has chosen PHNS to provide comprehensive health information management (HIM) consulting services. PHNS will perform a detailed assessment of LJC's HIM practices and collaborate with LJC to implement best practices. &nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <font face="Arial"><a href="release121506_2.html">Hamot Medical Center Selects PHNS for Onsite Coding Compliance Audits</a></font></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- December 15, 2006 - Hamot Medical Center (HMC), a 343-bed hospital located in Erie, Pennsylvania, has selected PHNS to provide an onsite audit of their emergency department coding division of their Health Information Management (HIM) department.&nbsp; PHNS will provide HMC with a thorough review of emergency department medical records to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, as well as to provide any necessary recommendations and education to the coding staff.&nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <b><a href="release121506.html">Mangum Community Hospital Secures PHNS for Remote Coding Support</a></b></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- December 15, 2006 - In their efforts to maintain excellence as a healthcare provider, Mangum Community Hospital (MCH) has secured the services of PHNS to provide remote coding support for their Health Information Management (HIM) division using the PHNS CodeRemoteTM System.&nbsp; PHNS will provide MCH with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to review inpatient and outpatient medical records and apply appropriate billing and reimbursement codes.&nbsp; The CodeRemoteTM System will enable MCH to scan their paper-based medical records into the CodeRemoteTM System, PHNS' HIPAA compliant, web-based system.</span></font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <b><a href="release111306.html">PHNS pays $100 million to its hospital partners</a></b></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- November 13, 2006 -PHNS Inc. announced that it has completed the payment of an additional $40,000,000 to its hospital partners McLaren Health Care Corporation, Flint, Michigan; General Health System; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Adventist HealthCare, Inc., Rockville, Maryland.&nbsp; This brings the total that PHNS has paid in cash to its hospital partners to $95,500,000 during the past six years.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <b><a href="release110906.html">New Recognition for PHNS' DMC HIM Employees</a></b></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt">DETROIT, MI- November 9, 2006 - PHNS announced the recent graduation of several of its health information management employees located at The Detroit Medical Center ("DMC") from The Schoolcraft College Health Information Technology program.&nbsp; PHNS' and The Schoolcraft College created a partnership to provide an avenue for PHNS employees to take college credit courses concentrating in health information management, in addition to working their full-time jobs.&nbsp; "Our partnership with The Schoolcraft College will benefit our employees as well as the DMC.&nbsp; This effort and dedication demonstrates PHNS' commitment to improving our employees and enhancing the quality of service we provide for our customers," said Denise Johnson, PHNS' Corporate Health Information Management Director. Debbie Gallico, Jill Muller and Carly Plescia earned their Registered Health Information Technology ("RHIT") certifications and Denise Verville achieved her Certified Coding Specialist ("CCS") certification in coding.</span></font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <a href="release102006.html">PHNS Ranked in Top 5 Hospital IT Outsourcers</a></span></b></p> <p class="body"> <font style="font-size: 9pt" face="Arial" color="#000000"> DALLAS, TX- October 20, 2006 <span style="font-size: 9pt"> -PHNS Inc. announced that it was rated as one of the top 5 hospital information technology outsourcing companies in a recent survey conducted by Modern Healthcare magazine.&nbsp; Modern Healthcare conducts its study on hospital outsourcing annually. </span></font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <a href="release100306.html">PHNS Closes $150 Million Refinancing</a></span></b></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 9pt"> <span style="font-size: 9pt">DALLAS, TX- October 3, 2006 - Dallas-based PHNS Inc. announced that it has closed a $150 million senior debt refinancing. The financing was arranged by JPMorgan Securities, Inc. as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger. The proceeds were used to retire outstanding senior debt, subordinated debt and preferred stock, as well as to provide additional capital to continue PHNS' rapid growth. &nbsp;</span> </font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <a href="release083106.html">TMC HealthCare selects PHNS</a></span></b></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 9pt"> <span style="font-size: 9pt">DALLAS, TX- August 31, 2006 - TMC HealthCare (TMCH), Southern Arizona's regional nonprofit hospital system encompassing Tucson Medical Center, Eldorado Hospital, and Saguaro Physician Group has chosen PHNS to provide comprehensive medical coding auditing services.&nbsp; PHNS will collaborate with TMCH to ensure that TMCH's coding practices are compliant with applicable regulations, resulting in protection against errors, omissions and other cases that might constitute fraud and abuse, while assuring proper revenue and reimbursement.&nbsp;</span> </font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><span style="font-size: 9pt"> <u><font color="#0000FF"><a href="release083006.html">Tri-Lakes Medical Selects PHNS for Revenue Cycle Improvement</a></font></u></span></p> <p class="body"><span style="font-size: 9pt">DALLAS, August 30, 2006 - Tri-Lakes Medical Center ("TLMC") of Batesville, Mississippi has signed a 10 year agreement to have PHNS manage all aspects of the hospital's revenue cycle. &nbsp;PHNS will be responsible for TLMC's admissions, registration, medical records and health information management, information technology, and billing and collection functions.&nbsp; PHNS was selected for its commitment to community hospitals and its unique service offerings for community hospitals.</span></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"><u> <font color="#0000FF"><a href="release081706.html"> Nursefinders and PHNS Form Strategic Alliance</a></font></u></span></p> <p class="bodyBold"> <font style="font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 400" face="Arial"> DALLAS, TX- August 17, 2006 - Nursefinders, Inc., <span style="font-size: 9pt">one of the nation's largest providers of healthcare personnel and home care services, and PHNS, a leader in health information management, information technology and business office services, have formed a strategic alliance to offer healthcare providers the convenience of securing health information coders from one automated source.</span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"><u> <font color="#0000FF"><a href="release081406.html">M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Selects PHNS</a></font></u></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 9pt"> <span style="font-size: 9pt">DALLAS, TX- August 14, 2006 - The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center</span>, one of the world's most respected cancer centers, has selected PHNS to provide remote health information coding services. PHNS will access M. D. Anderson's electronic health records through a remote-access virtual private network to exchange patient information in a secure and confidential environment.&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-size: 9pt">PHNS' commitment to coding quality and turnaround time will have a positive impact on M.D. Anderson's information flow and revenue cycle.&nbsp; </span></font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><span style="font-size: 9pt"><u> <font color="#0000FF"><a href="release071306.html">County Hospital Engages PHNS for Revenue Cycle Improvement</a></font></u></span></p> <p class="bodyBold"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 400">DALLAS, July 13, 2006 - Tuolumne General Hospital of Sonora, California has signed an innovative agreement to have PHNS manage all aspects of the hospital's revenue cycle. PHNS will be responsible for Tuolumne's admissions, registration, medical records and health information management, selected information technology, and billing and collection functions.&nbsp; PHNS was selected after an extensive public Request for Proposals (RFP) process.</span></p> <p class="bodyBold"> <u><font color="#0000FF"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"><a href="release062606.html">Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Selects PHNS</a></span></font></u></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial">DALLAS, TX- June 26, 2006 -<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none"><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span></span>Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, a 100 bed hospital located in southwest Louisiana has selected PHNS to provide remote coding services.&nbsp;&nbsp; PHNS' commitment to coding quality and turnaround time will have a positive impact on Lake Charles' information flow and revenue cycle.&nbsp; PHNS offers both remote and onsite coding for hospitals.&nbsp; PHNS' coding services are "site specific" services that are customized to fit the exact requirements and needs of its hospital customers. &nbsp;</font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><u><font color="#0000FF"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"><a href="release061506.html">PHNS Completes SLUCare EHR Readiness Assessment</a></span></font></u></p> <!---------- END STORY BODY ----------> <p class="body" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="center"> <font face="Arial" style="font-size: 9pt">DALLAS, TX- June 15, 2006 - PHNS announced that it has completed an in-depth assessment of the electronic health record (EHR) implementation readiness of The Physicians of St. Louis University School of Medicine (SLUCare).&nbsp; PHNS' reviewed SLUCare's EHR project plan and its operations, processes, physical layout, systems functionality and organizational structure regarding its planned EHR implementation.</font></p> <p class="bodyBold"><u><font color="#0000FF"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"><a href="release061206.html">Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital selects PHNS</a></span></font></u></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial">DALLAS, TX- June 12, 2006 -<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none"><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span> </span>Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Sonoma county's only level II trauma center, has selected PHNS to provide remote coding of all Emergency Department Records. PHNS will utilize its proprietary CodeRemote system to provide HIPAA compliant information exchange.&nbsp;&nbsp; PHNS' commitment to coding quality and turnaround time will have a positive impact on Santa Rosa's information flow and revenue cycle.&nbsp; PHNS offers both remote and onsite coding for hospitals.&nbsp; PHNS' coding services are "site specific" services that are customized to fit the exact requirements and needs of its hospital customers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><span style="font-size: 9pt"><u> <font color="#0000FF"><a href="release060206.html">Morrow County Hospital selects PHNS</a></font></u></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size: 9pt">DALLAS, TX- June 2, 2006 - &nbsp;Morrow County Hospital, a 53-bed community healthcare facility located in beautiful Mt. Gilead, Ohio, has selected PHNS to provide an onsite audit of the outpatient coding division of its Health Information Management (HIM) department.&nbsp; PHNS will provide Morrow County Hospital with a thorough review of outpatient medical records to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, and also will provide any necessary recommendations and education to the coding staff.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><span style="font-size: 9pt"><u> <font color="#0000FF"><a href="release053106.html">Another Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine Hospital selects PHNS</a></font></u></span></p> <p class="body"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 9pt"> DALLAS, TX- May 30, 2006 - &nbsp;Providence Hospital, a 247-bed hospital located in beautiful downtown Columbia, South Carolina, has selected PHNS to provide an onsite audit of the inpatient coding division of its Health Information Management (HIM) department.&nbsp; PHNS will provide Providence Hospital with a thorough review of inpatient medical records to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, and also will provide any necessary recommendations and education to the coding staff.&nbsp; PHNS currently provides remote coding and onsite coding compliance audit services to Providence Hospital's sister hospitals: St. Vincent Charity and St. John Westshore Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio.</font></p> <p class="headlineRed"><u><font color="#0000FF"> <span style="font-size: 9pt"><a href="release053006.html"> Abington Memorial Hospital Selects PHNS for Onsite Coding Compliance Audit</a></span></font></u></p> <p class="body"><span style="font-size: 9pt">DALLAS, TX- May 30, 2006 - As part of its endeavor to maintain excellence as a healthcare provider, Abington Memorial Hospital has selected PHNS to provide an onsite audit of the inpatient and outpatient coding division of its Health Information Management (HIM) department.&nbsp; PHNS will provide Abington Memorial Hospital with experienced, credentialed HIM professionals to review inpatient and outpatient medical records to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding, together with any necessary recommendations and education to its coding staff.</span>&nbsp;</p> <p class="headlineRed"><u> <font style="font-size: 9pt" color="#0000FF"> <a style="font-size: 9pt" href="release052406.html">Karmanos Cancer Center Enters Medical Records Relationship with <span style="font-size: 9pt">PHNS</span></a></font></u></p> <p class="body">DALLAS, TX- May 24, 2006 -&nbsp; PHNS announced that it has entered into an agreement to provide all medical records management services to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Hospital d/b/a Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, Michigan.&nbsp;&nbsp; Karmanos Cancer Center is Michigan's first and only hospital exclusively focused on caring for cancer patients.&nbsp; It recently became an independent entity by acquiring the cancer hospital operations of The Detroit Medical Center, where PHNS has been providing medical records management services since 2002. </p> <p class="body"><u> <font color="#0000FF" style="font-size: 9pt; font-weight:700"> <a name="BMC" href="release051806.html">CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ANNOUNCED</a></font></u><br> DALLAS, TX- May 19, 2006 - Mark C. Falkenberg has been named as Chief Financial Officer of PHNS Inc., a privately owned company that provides information technology and business process services to hospitals.&nbsp; Mark brings to PHNS over 26 years of experience in financial management for private and public companies, as well as audit and project management experience as a certified public accountant with a large national accounting firm.&nbsp; Mark was previously the Chief Accounting Officer for Intervoice, a publicly owned international technology company based in Dallas, Texas, and prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer of Harris Methodist Health Plan, a subsidiary of Texas Health Resources in Arlington, Texas.</p> <p class="body">