IPC in the News 2008

• December 02, 2008 The State of the Hospitalist Industry Today and Tomorrow  Managed Care Outlook

  Reprinted from Managed Care Outlook, December 1, 2008, Volume 21, Number 23, with permission from Aspen Publishers, Inc., Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, New York, NY, 1-800-638-8437, www.aspenpublishers.com.

• November 20, 2008 Secrets of Hospitalist Practice Success: A Decade of Learning PhysicianLeaders

  (HealthLeaders Media Online)

• November 14, 2008 The Changing Face of Quality Improvement  The Hospitalist
• November 10, 2008 Hospitalist Leader Honored as ‘Physician Entrepreneur of the Year’ Today’s Hospitalist
• November 10, 2008 Experts Say Quality Surveys Flawed  Hospitalist Management Advisor

  Used with permission from HCPro. Article appears on page 6.

• November 03, 2008 Hospitalist Group Puts Focus on Southern California Market  California Healthfax
• November 01, 2008 Hospital Medicine Groups Must Align Business Models Managed Healthcare Executive
• October 16, 2008 IPC’s Singer Honored as Physician Entrepreneur of the Year ModernPhysician.com

  Modern Physician honors IPC's Singer as Physician Entrepreneur of the year.

• October 03, 2008 A Podcast Interview On Hospital Medicine with Felix Aguirre, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs at IPC MD Net Guide
• October 02, 2008 Why Some Specialists Feel Left Out: A Look At How Hospitalists Are Reshaping Referral Patterns Today's Hospitalist
• October 02, 2008 Present on Admission: What Are Hospitals Doing About the No-Pay Policy? Today's Hospitalist
• September 29, 2008 In The Literature: The Latest Research You Need to Know  The Hospitalist
• September 29, 2008 We Went Public Inc.com

  An article that incorporates information obtained from an interview with Dr. Adam Singer is featured in the Internet magazine of Inc. The article, which focuses upon taking a company from private to public, includes a link to the IPC website.

• September 24, 2008 A Tour of Hospital Medicine in the Blogosphere MD Net Guide: Hospitalist Edition
• September 16, 2008 One Size Does Not Fit All ACP Hospitalist
• September 11, 2008 Getting to the Heart of Physician Satisfaction Today's Hospitalist
• August 29, 2008 Making Your Choice: On-Call Overnight Physicians Versus 24/7 Staffing  Hospitalist Management Advisor

  Used with permission from HCPro.

• July 21, 2008 HM Goes Public  The Hospitalist
• July 21, 2008 Striving for 100% Customer Satisfaction ACP Hospitalist
• July 18, 2008 Improving the Transition from Hospital to Home HealthLeaders Media

  Featuring an interview with IPC's CEO Adam Singer, MD.

• July 11, 2008 A Look at High-Tech Follow-up and Data Today's Hospitalist

  IPC's VPMA Felix Aguirre, MD discusses post-discharge call center.

• July 11, 2008 Patient-Physician Ratio Affects LOS, Study Says  Hospitalist Management Advisor

  An ideal model for patient care is one hospitalist per patient, with the physician overseeing his or her entire hospital stay. Used with permission from HCPro.

• June 25, 2008 Pilot Program Seeks to Keep Doctors St. Louis Post Dispatch

  IPC works with major St. Louis hospital in launching of a new hospitalist program.

• June 19, 2008 CloseUp Today's Hospitalist
• June 19, 2008 Smart Leaders Smart Business

• June 02, 2008 Carriers Hone in on Growing Hospitalist Class  Crittenden’s Medical Insurance News

  IPC provides background to the insurance industry about hospitalists. This article is posted courtesy of Crittenden Research, Inc.
  http://www.crittendenonline.com

• May 23, 2008 The Hospitalist: Physicians Find New Opportunities in Hospital Medicine Physicians’ Financial News

  This article features an interview with Dr. Martha Danhof regarding her decision to switch from a solo practice PCP to a hospitalist.

• May 08, 2008 Care Fragmentation Increases Hospital Length of Stay ACP Hospitalist
• May 01, 2008 VTE Protocol Among Winning Posters  The Hospitalist
• May 01, 2008 Safety, Salary, and Saints  The Hospitalist
• April 23, 2008 IPO in this Market?   Nightingale's Healthcare News

  Healthcare Is "Kind of Recession Proof" says CEO

• April 23, 2008 Should Hospitalists be Caring for These Patients?   Today's Hospitalist

  IPC's Drs. Felix Aguirre and Jennifer Pate featured discussing the challenges of managing psychiatric inpatients.

• April 23, 2008 Wall Street Gives Hospital Medicine a Warm Welcome   Today's Hospitalist

  IPC is the first national hospitalist company to go public.

• April 01, 2008 Secrets of Supervision  The Hospitalist
• March 31, 2008 IPC and Growth Plans Modern Healthcare
• March 20, 2008 Hospitalists on Top   The Hospitalist

  As HM matures, physicians with a nose for business assume influential leadership roles.

• March 03, 2008 Medical Firm IPO Enjoys Healthy Public Reception   Los Angeles Business Journal

  IPC shares have held steady at about $20 since $16 debut.

• February 23, 2008 How Does Your Group Measure up to the Latest Study on Hospitalists?   Today's Hospitalist

  Why the largest study ever to measure inpatient outcomes is raising eyebrows.

• February 22, 2008 IPO Positions IPC for Further Acquisitions Modern Physician
• January 14, 2008 Hospitalist Trend Growing at Local Medical Facilities Ft. Worth Business Press