America Service Group Names Richard D. Wright Vice Chairman of Operations.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 7, 2001 America Service Group Inc. (Nasdaq:ASGR ASGR America Service Group Inc. ASGR Armed Services Graves Registration Office ) announced today that Richard D. Wright has been named Vice Chairman of Operations. Mr. Wright will manage the Company's correctional medical, pharmacy and military service lines of business. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since August 1999. Mr. Wright is currently a partner of healthprojects, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a firm providing advice and counsel to the healthcare field. In November 1998, he assumed the positions of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Covation LLC, a provider of software integration and data management services for healthcare payers. Covation was acquired by Perot Systems Perot Systems Corporation NYSE: PER is an information technology services provider based in Plano, Texas. Peter Altabef has served as president, chairman, and chief executive officer since 2004. in 2001. Mr. Wright co-founded PhyCor, Inc., where he served as Director and Executive Vice President of Operations from 1988 to December 1997, and as Executive Vice President of Corporate Services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. until assuming the position at Covation. Michael Catalano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of America Service Group, said, "Dick brings a new level of maturity with a broad perspective of healthcare management to the Company. He joins us at a time of solid progress in achieving improved operating performance and will add value to the management team." America Service Group Inc., based in Brentwood, Tennessee Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 23,445 as of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 census, and as of 2007, Brentwood's population has increased to over 30,000. Brentwood is an affluent Nashville suburb. , is the leading provider of correctional healthcare services in the United States. America Service Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a wide range of healthcare and pharmacy programs for correctional agencies nationwide. This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. As such, they involve risk and uncertainty that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. A discussion of the important factors and assumptions regarding the statements and risks involved is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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