KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- IPC of TeamHealth
(NYSE: TMH) acquired the operations of Chicago-based Signature Healthcare Solutions.
Specializing in acute care hospital medicine, Signature Healthcare
Solutions partners with four hospitals in the Chicago market, and through its contracts,
provides care for more than 19,000 patients each year.
"When evaluating partnership opportunities, we determined IPC of
TeamHealth was a natural fit," said Suj
Sundararaj, MD, owner of Signature Healthcare Solutions.
"With the recent merger of IPC and TeamHealth, the two companies
together offer extensive resources in hospital medicine and provide
excellent support and service for physicians and other
clinicians."
"We are very pleased to welcome the clinicians of Signature
Healthcare Solutions to IPC of TeamHealth," said Michael D. Snow, president and CEO of
TeamHealth. "Complementary to our existing emergency medicine
services in the Chicago market,
this new relationship expands our acute hospital medicine presence
and positions us for post-acute growth."
About TeamHealth
At TeamHealth (NYSE: TMH), our
purpose is to perfect our physicians' ability to practice medicine,
every day, in everything we do. Through our more than 19,000
affiliated physicians and advanced practice clinicians, TeamHealth
offers outsourced emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical
care, anesthesiology, orthopedic hospitalist, acute care surgery,
obstetrics and gynecology hospitalist, ambulatory care, post-acute
care and medical call center solutions to approximately 3,400 acute
and post-acute facilities and physician groups nationwide. Our
philosophy is as simple as our goal is singular: we believe better
experiences for physicians lead to better outcomes—for patients,
hospital partners and physicians alike. Join our team; we value and
empower clinicians. Partner with us; we deliver on our promises.
Learn more at http://www.teamhealth.com.
The term "TeamHealth" as used throughout this release
includes Team Health Holdings, Inc., its subsidiaries,
affiliates, affiliated medical groups and providers, all
of which are part of the TeamHealth organization. "Providers"
are physicians, advanced practice clinicians and other
healthcare providers who are employed by or contract with
subsidiaries or affiliated entities of Team Health Holdings,
Inc. All such providers exercise independent clinical judgment
when providing patient care. Team Health Holdings, Inc. does not
have any employees, does not contract with providers and does not
practice medicine.
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