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To: rrufff who wrote (6642)	9/7/2005 5:05:09 PM
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NextCare Urgent Care Announces New CFO Bruce Hayden brings over 20 years of experience MESA, Ariz., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- NextCare Urgent Care, leading provider of urgent care today announced the appointment of Bruce C. Hayden, CPA, CIA as its Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President of Finance effective September 6, 2005. Mr. Hayden will oversee all aspects of finance. Mr. Hayden brings over 20 years of experience with high growth, rapid expansion entities in both the public and private sectors. Over the most recent years, he has served as CFO / COO in both publicly and privately-held healthcare and IT companies, with active participation in debt and equity markets. Mr. Hayden's career includes tenures as CFO of World Health Alternatives, Inc., a healthcare staffing firm and Xybernaut Corporation, a provider of mobile computing products and services; Senior Vice President, CFO for Galt Associates, Inc., a software product and consulting services company in the pharmaceutical industry; CFO of UroCor, Inc., a leading diagnostic laboratory and disease management company; CFO of Columbia Homecare Group; EVP of Financial Operations for Medshares, Inc. and Chief Internal Auditor of First American Homecare. Additionally, Mr. Hayden spent nine years in public accounting firms providing audit, tax, and management consulting services to a variety of industries, both private and publicly held. "NextCare has established itself as the preeminent operating model in the urgent care sector. The management team has tremendous experience and with healthcare continuously evolving towards a combination of quality care combined with cost effectiveness, the Company is poised for success. I am truly excited to join the team at NextCare," Hayden commented. Mr. Hayden is being welcomed by CEO John Shufeldt, MD. "As we continue to evolve in our national expansion strategy, we are excited to have someone with his strong capital markets knowledge and well-rounded health care mergers and acquisitions background," Shufeldt said. "Bruce will play an important role in leveraging NextCare's market presence into a national urgent care model." "Bruce's talents and experience are a solid complement to the existing senior executive team. He is multifaceted, bringing not only his financial expertise, but also a strong background in compliance, operations, and process enhancement. He has not only experienced working in high growth organizations but has been integral in catalyzing their growth," states Laurel Stoimenoff, President. Mr. Hayden received a Bachelor of Science Degree in business administration from East Carolina University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor. About NextCare Urgent Care NextCare Urgent Care is the world's largest privately owned provider of urgent care and occupational medical services, known for bringing together service driven health care and innovative medical technology to the delivery of medicine. NextCare operates 21 urgent care facilities between Arizona and North Carolina, with 3 additional locations scheduled to open in Colorado Fall of 2005. For more information please contact: KellyAnn Kimble, kkimble@nextcare.com 480-283-1740 SOURCE NextCare Urgent Care -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuers of news releases and not PR Newswire are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content. Terms and conditions, including restrictions on redistribution, apply. Copyright © 1996- 2005 PR Newswire Association LLC. All Rights Reserved. A United Business Media company.