Janice Burnett Appointed Vice President Operations-Finance

Marriottsville, Maryland, September 21, 2007 -- Bon Secours Health System (BSHSI) announced the appointment of Janice Burnett as Vice President Operations – Finance. Burnett will assist Bon Secours hospitals and the non-acute facilities with coordination of local system financial results, budgets, three year financial planning and capital projects. Financial analysis of local systems’ service line performance, productivity, revenue cycle and other operational performance indicators will be key parts of her role. Burnett and her team will be available to local systems to assist in turn-around plans and acquisition analysis. In addition, she will be responsible for accounting operations such as system consolidations and GAAP compliance.

Katherine Arbuckle, Chief Financial Officer for BSHSI stated, “I am pleased we have recruited someone of Janice’s caliber. Her leadership skills and experiences with large health care systems will enable her to make significant contributions to this health ministry.”

Burnett comes to BSHSI with 19 years experience in health care finance, most recently with Ascension Health, a national not-for-profit health care system with 67 acute care hospitals in 20 states. In her role as Senior Director Strategic Finance and Operations, she has been responsible for health ministry coordination and consolidation as well as System level long term financial planning, annual capital and budgeting processes, benchmarking and financial analysis. Additional responsibilities include month end reporting processes, analysis of on-going operations, merger and acquisition recommendations, ministry configuration recommendations and external debt planning. Prior to Ascension, she held progressively more responsible positions with Missouri Baptist Medical Center and its related physician clinic and home care operations, a member of the Barnes Jewish Christian Health System in St. Louis. Prior to her hospital finance career, Burnett worked for Ernst & Young and served in the United States Air Force.

Bon Secours Health System, Inc. based in Marriottsville, Maryland, is a $2.2 billion dollar not-for-profit Catholic health system that owns, manages or joint ventures 17 acute care, 5 long term care, 5 assisted living and independent living and other facilities, primarily on the East Coast. Bon Secours Health System consists of more than 16,500 caregivers helping people in 10 communities in seven states. Its vision is to be recognized for its leadership in justice, transforming the communities in which it serves and works into places of health and hope, and being a prophetic voice for systemic U.S. health reform and a more humane world.