IPC The Hospitalist Company Presenting at Five Events at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2014 Conference

IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM), a leading national physician group practice company, today announced that there will be five conference events led by its hospitalist physician leaders and non-clinical personnel at the Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) 2014 Hospital Medicine conference, held March 24-27, 2014 in Las Vegas. The conference is the largest national conference focused exclusively on hospital medicine.

“IPC physician leaders will be headlining five educational events at the Hospital Medicine conference,” said Kerry Weiner, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of IPC. “Participants will have the opportunity to learn from IPC’s experts, both physician leaders and administrators, on a variety of topics highly relevant to the future of hospital medicine. These sessions provide the opportunity to develop the leadership and clinical skills that are essential to improving hospital performance and aligning hospitalists with the goals of their facilities.”

Conference events with IPC participation include:

• Tuesday, March 25 at 5:00-7:00 p.m.—“An Innovative Strategy To Improve Hospitalist Networking Through Social Networking,” an Innovations Poster Session presented by Greg Harlan, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Medical Affairs for IPC; and Roie Edery, IPC’s Vice President of Information Technology Operations
• Tuesday, March 25 at 5:00-7:00 p.m.—“Do You Need A Brain Biopsy to Diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease?,” a Case Study Poster focused upon encephalitis, presented by Benedict Aimua, M.D.; and Kim Butterworth, PA-C, both with IPC’s Tennessee Region
• Wednesday, March 26 at 11:00 a.m.-noon—“Hospitalist Scheduling Models: How to Determine What’s Best for Your Program,” moderated by Todd Kislak, Vice President for IPC
• Wednesday, March 26 at 3:00-4:00 p.m.—“Patient Centered Synchronized Admission Team: An Innovative, Interdisciplinary Patient-centered Approach to Care Delivery at Hospital Admission,” an Innovations Oral Presentation by Bob Kumar, M.D. and Madeline O’Hara Moffo, PA, both with IPC’s Delaware Region, Christiana Practice Group
• Thursday, March 27 at 8:00-9:30 a.m.—“Starting a Post-acute Care Practice,” a Workshop led by Jerome Wilborn, M.D., IPC National Medical Director for Post-acute Care

IPC will also be exhibiting at the SHM Conference.

About IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc.

IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM) is a leading physician group practice company focused on the delivery of hospitalist medicine and related facility-based services. IPC's physicians and affiliated providers practice in over 400 hospitals and 1,100 post-acute care facilities. The Company offers its 1,800 employed clinicians comprehensive training, information technology, and management support systems to improve the quality and reduce the cost of patient care in the facilities it serves. For more information, visit the IPC website at www.hospitalist.com.