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JIM DEAL APPOINTED TO MEDCATH'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
August 10, 2009

MedCath Corporation, a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, today announced that James "Jim" Deal has been appointed to its board of directors. Deal is an accomplished health care services CEO. Some of his career highlights:

Since 2006, he's led Hospice Compassus of Brentwood, Tenn., co−founding a company that's become a leading hospice services provider, serving about 2,700 patients daily at 53 locations in 15 states. From 2002 to 2006, he served as chairman and CEO of INSPIRIS in Nashville, Tenn., which manages the healthcare of the frail elderly. Deal transformed the business model of the company and made it profitable. He served as president and CEO of the Center for Diagnostic Imaging in Minneapolis for three years, expanding same store growth and using existing cash flow to triple the number of locations. He spent 15 years as president of Diabetes Treatment Centers of America, helping grow the company into one of the nation's leading providers of disease and care management services in the country. He's served as a CEO or executive at....click here to read more.

CLP Healthcare Services Changes Name to Hospice Compassus

Brentwood, Tenn. … APRIL 2, 2009 … CLP Healthcare Services, Inc., a leading provider of hospice services, announced today it will change its name to Hospice Compassus to better reflect the all-encompassing hospice work performed across the company’s nearly 50 locations in 15 states. The new name captures the company’s core values of compassion, integrity and excellence while maintaining a community focus and belief that each person’s end-of-life journey or grief process is individual and distinctive. Hospice Compassus remains committed to providing quality service, comprehensive end-of-life care and grief support to patients with life-limiting illnesses, their families and their health care team. The name change transition is expected to be completed by May 15, 2009. “The new name was chosen as it reflects our core mission and encapsulates.....click here to read more.

THE TENNESSEAN

FOR-PROFIT GROUPS BEGIN TO DOMINATE END-OF-LIFE CARE
April 19, 2009
By Getahn Ward

Cathy Bastoky has experienced a sea change in her life since her terminally ill husband, Jay, began receiving end-of-life care in their Smyrna home earlier this year. Six days a week, someone from a team that includes a nurse, hospice aide, social worker and chaplain sent by http://www.avalonhospice.org. Hospice comes to provide services such as checking Jay's vital signs, brushing his teeth or just being there to listen. "It's helped me mentally and physically," said Cathy, caregiver to...click here to read more.