EMBARGO UNTILMarch 8, 2008

Newswise — The American Medical Group Association presented the annual AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award to Cejka Search at its 2008 Annual Conference, March 6-8 at the J.W. Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando. The AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award is presented annually to a non-medical group organization for providing excellent service and value to medical groups.

AMGA selected Cejka Search as its 2007 Distinguished Corporate Partner for its longtime support of medical groups and the association. The nationally recognized executive and physician search organization has been providing services exclusively to the healthcare industry for 25 years. Partnering with organizations in pursuit of the nation's best healthcare talent, Cejka Search completes over 600 assignments annually across all levels of the healthcare continuum. Cejka Search is a Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. company, a leading provider of healthcare staffing services in the United States. Cejka Search has been a longtime supporter of AMGA and its members as an Executive Corporate Partner, a regular exhibitor and sponsor at the Annual Conference, a contributor and advertiser in the Group Practice Journal, and publisher of the highly respected annual AMGA/Cejka Search 2006 Physician Retention Survey. Through these collaborations, Cejka Search has made invaluable contributions to medical groups throughout the nation.

"The American Medical Group Association applauds Cejka Search for its unwavering dedication to healthcare professionals and the practice of quality medicine in this country," said Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., CAE, AMGA's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Cejka Search is a nationally recognized physician and healthcare executive search organization providing services exclusively to the healthcare industry for more than 25 years. Partnering with organizations in pursuit of the nation's best healthcare talent, Cejka Search completes search assignments across all levels of the healthcare continuum. http://www.cejkasearch.com

AMGA advocates for multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care and for the patients served by these systems by continuously striving to improve patient care through innovation, information sharing, benchmarking, the creation of sound public policy, and leadership development. AMGA's vision is to make multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care the preferred delivery system for coordinated, patient-centered, efficient, quality medical care in America. Members of AMGA partner with an organization comprised of the best and brightest in health care, the most innovative leaders from the premier integrated systems dedicated to delivering the highest quality care to their patients. The medical group members of AMGA deliver health care to more than 50 million patients in the United States and play active roles in raising the standard of care in their communities and nationwide. AMGA members are on the vanguard of treatment and disease management and offer coordinated care that enhances the quality of life for their patient populations and advances health care and medical science. AMGA is a conduit to information, networking, education, and operational tools and a champion for medical groups in the national arena. For more information, visit www.amga.org.