KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH), a leading physician services organization, announced today that Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and executive chairman of TeamHealth, was named among the "50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders" by Modern Healthcare Magazine for 2016. The list honors physicians working in the healthcare industry who are deemed by their peers and an expert panel to be the most influential in terms of demonstrating leadership and impact.

"Dr. Massingale is a steadfast leader who is deeply committed to TeamHealth," said Michael D. Snow, president and CEO of TeamHealth. "Through his visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to excellence, he helped build a solid foundation for TeamHealth and the more than 18,000 clinicians we are privileged to serve. We thank Dr. Massingale for his ongoing dedication and congratulate him on this well-deserved honor."

"While this distinction is designed to recognize individuals who are influential physician leaders, for me, this recognition underscores the hard work of thousands of TeamHealth clinical and nonclinical leaders who serve our organization, our hospital and post-acute partners and--most importantly--patients and families," said Dr. Massingale. "I am incredibly proud to represent TeamHealth in a leadership role, and I am honored to work with our exceptional physicians, advanced practice clinicians and healthcare professionals across the country."

For more information and the complete list of honorees visit Modern Healthcare Magazine's website.

About TeamHealth
At TeamHealth (NYSE: TMH), our purpose is to perfect our physicians' ability to practice medicine, every day, in everything we do. Through our more than 18,000 affiliated physicians and advanced practice clinicians, TeamHealth offers outsourced emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesiology, orthopaedic hospitalist, acute care surgery, obstetrics and gynecology hospitalist, ambulatory care, post-acute care and medical call center solutions to approximately 3,400 acute and post-acute facilities and physician groups nationwide. Our philosophy is as simple as our goal is singular: we believe better experiences for physicians lead to better outcomes--for patients, hospital partners and physicians alike. Join our team; we value and empower clinicians. Partner with us; we deliver on our promises. Learn more at http://www.teamhealth.com.

The term "TeamHealth" as used throughout this release includes Team Health Holdings, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, affiliated medical groups and providers, all of which are part of the TeamHealth organization. "Providers" are physicians, advanced practice clinicians and other healthcare providers who are employed by or contract with subsidiaries or affiliated entities of Team Health Holdings, Inc. All such providers exercise independent clinical judgment when providing patient care. Team Health Holdings, Inc. does not have any employees, does not contract with providers and does not practice medicine.

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