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SureScripts Names Paul Uhrig As General Counsel, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development

Posted on: Thursday, 23 February 2006, 18:01 CST

SureScripts, the nation's largest network provider of electronic prescribing services, today announced that Paul Uhrig has joined the company as general counsel and executive vice president in charge of corporate development. Mr. Uhrig will oversee all legal matters, corporate development and federal legislative affairs for SureScripts. Mr. Uhrig comes to SureScripts from the law firm of Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP in Washington, D.C., where he was vice chairman of the firm's corporate department, chairman of the corporate department's regulated industries practice group, and a member of the firm's health department. Mr. Uhrig has represented SureScripts as its outside general counsel since its inception. He will report to SureScripts' president and chief executive officer, Kevin Hutchinson.

"We continue to recruit top talent in the healthcare industry to execute SureScripts' strategy," said Kevin Hutchinson. "Paul is a well known and respected leader in the Washington legal community and brings not only expertise in law but an extensive knowledge of the healthcare sector. We are excited he has chosen to join our team."

"SureScripts' mission to improve the nation's prescribing process requires close collaboration with healthcare stakeholders across industries, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations," said Mr. Uhrig. "I am looking forward to working with the SureScripts team and leaders in healthcare to advance our legal, policy and corporate development objectives."

Mr. Uhrig brings 20 years of legal experience to SureScripts, focusing on the healthcare industry throughout that time. At Gardner Carton & Douglas, Mr. Uhrig focused on mergers, asset and stock acquisitions, joint venture formation and corporate planning with healthcare clients. His clients included private equity investors in middle market transactions, portfolio companies, health care systems, ancillary providers of health care services, physician groups, and investors involved with health industry projects and various other enterprises related to the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Gardner Carton & Douglas, Mr. Uhrig was a partner in the Washington office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Mr. Uhrig has extensive experience structuring joint ventures and business arrangements in compliance with applicable corporate, securities and tax laws, federal and state fraud and abuse provisions, privacy laws, fee-splitting statutes and other corporate and health care regulatory provisions. Mr. Uhrig received his law degree from the American University, Washington College of Law, and his Bachelors of Arts in Economics from The University of Notre Dame.

About SureScripts

SureScripts, the largest network provider of electronic prescribing services, is committed to building relationships within the health care community and working collaboratively with key industry stakeholders and organizations to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of health care by improving the overall prescribing process. At the core of this improvement effort is the SureScripts network, a health care infrastructure which establishes electronic communications between pharmacists and physicians and enables the two-way electronic exchange of prescription information. Today, 90 percent of all pharmacies in the United States are certified on the SureScripts network. More information about SureScripts is available at www.surescripts.com.

 SureScripts Contact: Rob Cronin 917-414-5289 rob.cronin@surescripts.com

SOURCE: SureScripts

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