Outpatient Imaging Affiliates Adds Additional Staff: Company Growth Continues to Exceed Expectations.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2003

Outpatient Imaging Affiliates (OIA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Perry Baker, Justin Crosslin, Carla Harris, John Kaszuba, and Pat Vinson.

Perry Baker has joined OIA as Director of Business Development. Perry has over five years experience in health care, most recently as Director of Acquisitions and Development for Symbion Healthcare, Inc., a Nashville, TN-based outpatient surgery center company. Perry obtained his M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management.

Justin Crosslin, CPA, has joined OIA as Financial Analyst for operations. He has over seven years experience in health care: as a governmental operations consultant with HCA (Nashville, TN-based owner and operator of hospitals); Director of Financial Operations with American Retirement Corporation; and with Women's Health Partners, managing the finances/operations of this physician practice management company.

Carla Harris has joined OIA as its Accounting Manager. She has over 19 years experience in accounting and operational management. Carla came to OIA from the home building industry, where she was a Division Controller for Westminster Homes of Tennessee.

John Kaszuba has joined OIA as Corporate Director of Marketing. He has over ten years experience in health care, most recently as Director of Marketing for Cambio Health Solutions (Brentwood, TN-based hospital consulting firm). John has held marketing and other manager roles with Quorum Health Resources (Brentwood, TN-based hospital management firm).

Pat Vinson, RCC, has joined OIA as our Billing and Reimbursement Manger. She brings fourteen years practice management experience in radiology and radiation oncology. Ms. Vinson is a Radiology Certified Coder who was previously Chief Billing Officer for Radiology Alliance, P.C. in Nashville, Tennessee.

About OIA

Outpatient Imaging Affiliates, LLC is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. OIA joint ventures with leading local healthcare providers, including academic medical schools, radiology practices, physician groups and hospitals, to develop and manage outpatient diagnostic imaging and positron emission tomography ("PET") centers. A typical OIA center may offer MRI, PET, CT, mammography, ultrasound, radiography, fluoroscopy and bone densitometry services. OIA was founded in September of 2000 and has outpatient diagnostic imaging centers in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.