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President and CEO Named for New Catholic Health East Division

October 23, 2007

John Capasso

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA – Catholic Health East, (CHE) the nation's fourth largest Catholic health system, announced the appointment of John Capasso as president and chief executive officer of its new Continuing Care Management Services Network. In his new role, Capasso will lead an operating unit designed to strengthen the clinical quality and financial performance of long-term, post-acute, residential, and other continuing care ministries throughout the CHE system. His appointment is effective immediately.

Capasso comes to CHE with over 25 years of health care management experience. Since 2001, he has served as president and CEO of St. Joseph of the Pines Health System, a regional health corporation of Catholic Health East located in Southern Pines, North Carolina. St. Joseph of the Pines offers continuing care and independent retirement living, assisted living, long-term skilled nursing, affordable housing, and short term rehabilitation services in two counties within North Carolina.

"John's years of experience in the burgeoning continuing care field provide him with the business acumen and skills to successfully lead this new division for Catholic Health East," said Bob Stanek, president and CEO, Catholic Health East. "He has done a terrific job during his tenure with St. Joseph of the Pines. We look forward to his leadership and vision as he directs our system-wide efforts to provide outstanding, innovative care throughout all of CHE's continuing care facilities."

Prior to joining St. Joseph of the Pines, Capasso held executive leadership positions at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland (nearly 1,000 associates serving 1,500 residents) and at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Capasso holds a master's degree in health services administration from George Washington University, a bachelor's degree in biology from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and is a certified health care executive with the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is also a licensed nursing home administrator.

Catholic Health East is a multi-institutional Catholic health system, co-sponsored by 12 religious congregations and Hope Ministries, a Public Juridic Person within Catholic Health East. Based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, the System provides the means to ensure the continuation of the Catholic identity and operational strength of the Sponsors' health ministries, which are located within eleven eastern states from Maine to Florida. The System includes acute care hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, freestanding and hospital-based long term care facilities, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, behavioral health and rehabilitation facilities, home health and hospice agencies, and numerous ambulatory and community-based health services. Catholic Health East facilities employ approximately 50,000 full-time employees as partners in ministry.

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