Transcend Services, Inc. of Atlanta announces the reorganization of its Consulting Services Division

Business Wire, March 12, 1996

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--Transcend Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Claudia Urech, RRA as Vice President of Consulting Services.

In her new capacity, Urech assumes responsibility for Transcend Services' Health Information Management, Patient Access and Reimbursement Consulting Services. Formerly a Senior Vice President with Health Management Advisers Inc., Urech brings twenty-three years of experience in Health Information Consulting with a focus on ERG and CPT Optimization, Physician Education and liaison programs and JCAHO preparation.

Concurrent with the appointment of Urech, Transcend is pleased to announce the appointment of Dean Backstrom, MD as Corporate Medical Officer and Gayl Kirkpatrick, ART as Senior Consultant. Dr. Backstrom is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians and is an active member of the American College of Medical Quality and the American College of Physician Executives. Both Dr. Backstrom and Kirkpatrick bring a broad base of ERG and CPT Optimization, Physician Education and liaison program development experience to their new responsibilities.

Transcend, headquartered in Atlanta, is a hospital services company focused on the outsourcing of health information management and related functions, such as Patient Access, for healthcare providers and has signed multi-year outsourcing contracts with hospitals and healthcare systems nationwide.

CONTACT: Transcend Services, Inc., Atlanta

Larry Gerdes/David Murphy, 404/364-8000