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Comanche County Medical Center Selects PHNS

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.  

About Comanche County Medical Center:  Comanche, which opened in July 2005, is a consolidation of the former Comanche Community Hospital and De Leon Hospital. Comanche provides complete healthcare services to all the citizens of Comanche County, and surrounding counties with emergency services to all. CCMC is governed by the Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District Board whose members are elected by the citizens it serves. See www.comanchecmc.org for additional information about CCMC.

About PHNS:  PHNS provides comprehensive healthcaring solutions for hospitals including information technology, health information management (including medical record management and storage, transcription, coding, release of information and electronic medical record services) and receivables management services. Serving more than 400 U.S. hospitals, PHNS creates business-healthy hospitals by improving operations, enhancing technology and increasing cash on hand. This allows hospitals to focus on their core competency--patient care. PHNS is a national healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. See www.phns.com for additional information about PHNS.