Peter J. Butler Named President of Hayes Management Consulting

Business Wire, Sept 18, 2006

NEWTON, Mass. -- Hayes Management Consulting, a leading healthcare professional services firm, today announced the appointment of Peter J. Butler as the company's new President, effective January 1, 2007. Butler is succeeding Paul J. Hayes, who will be assuming the role of Executive Strategic Advisor.

During his twelve year tenure at Hayes Management Consulting (HMC), Butler has worked with a large number of clients on significant business solution projects. He opened the HMC Western Region office in 2000, successfully growing that office to represent over 20% of total HMC revenue. Peter recently transferred from the Western Region office to Boston to assume a leadership role as Director of Business Services, HMC's largest Division. Pete holds his BS in Business Administration from Saint Michaels's College.

"Over the past thirteen years, HMC has experienced substantial growth in clients as well as service offerings. To sustain this growth pattern, we are taking steps to strengthen our operational and strategic leadership, along with steadily increasing our ranks of highly skilled healthcare professionals. Pete has worked alongside me and played an integral role in the start up and growth of the company, and is well prepared to take us into the next decade. Pete shares my passion for providing honest, quality solutions to our clients", said Paul Hayes.

Under this new executive leadership structure, Butler and Hayes will work together with their Division Directors and management to meet the strategic goals of the organization.

About HMC:

Since 1993, Hayes Management Consulting has provided professional consulting services and products to health care providers. Focus areas and products include:

--Business Services- Providing technology assessments, vendor selections, software subject matter expertise, interface development, project management and IT interim staffing services.

--Physician Practice Management- Providing a wide range of physician practice services including strategic planning, governance, interim management, physician compensation, business process and revenue cycle assistance.

--Clinical Services- Providing both inpatient clinical and ambulatory care integrated services, including EHR evaluation, selection and implementation, hospital and professional billing, scheduling, patient registration, patient portals, interface development, report writing and telemedicine.

--MDaudit(TM) - Nationally recognized risk based billing compliance management software.