KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — TeamHealth Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:TMH), a leading physician services organization, announced the acquisition of the operations of Tri-City Emergency Medical Group based in Oceanside, California. Tri-City Emergency Medical Group delivers care to approximately 70,000 patients annually through staffing and management of the Tri-City Medical Center emergency department.

“When evaluating many potential partnerships, TeamHealth quickly became the clear choice for Tri-City Emergency Medical Group,” said Gene Ma, MD, president, Tri-City Emergency Medical Group. “TeamHealth offers vast resources for clinicians, opportunities for growth and the ability for our group to retain our culture and commitment to clinical excellence.”

“We are pleased to welcome the talented clinicians of Tri-City Emergency Medical Group to TeamHealth,” said Michael D. Snow, president and CEO of TeamHealth. “Their commitment to delivering excellent patient care along with their passion and respect for patients affords TeamHealth the opportunity to continue expanding our presence and serving communities in California.”

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 3,500 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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