Regional Director of Operations of the Year Award Won by Maggie Taylor

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (March 23, 2006) - Carpinteria resident Maggie Taylor was named Regional Director of Operations of the Year by National Healing Corporation (NHC), a leader in disease management accounting for 20 percent of the nation's managed and outsourced wound healing centers. A three-time NHC award-recipient, Taylor was named Development Officer of the Year in both 2002 and 2004.

Taylor oversees operations at eight National Healing Wound Centers in the Southwest region of the country.

Randy Platt, NHC senior vice president of operations, bestowed the award saying, "Maggie has played a tremendous role in National Healing Corporation's growth this year. Her commitment to working with client hospitals in support of their missions to best serve local communities and to improve the life of each and every patient who walks into our centers is a cause for celebration."

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Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., NHC provides management services and the latest technology and expertise in wound healing to its client hospitals to establish quality wound healing programs. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has awarded NHC Disease-Specific Care Certification for wound care. Specializing in the treatment of chronic and non-responsive conditions, NHC Wound Healing Centers offer hospital-based outpatient wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy as well as diabetes care. Committed to health care compliance and best practice medicine, NHC emphasizes these priorities in its extensive clinical and business training programs. Morgan Stanley Venture Partners and BA Venture Partners are majority shareholders in the privately held company. Visit www.nationalhealing.com.

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About National Healing Corporation

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., National Healing Corporation provides management services and the latest technology and expertise in wound healing to its client hospitals to establish quality wound healing programs. The Joint Commission has awarded National Healing Disease-Specific Care Certification for Wound Care. Committed to health care compliance and best practice medicine, National Healing emphasizes these priorities in its extensive clinical and business training programs. The privately-held company accounts for 30 percent of all managed and outsourced wound centers in the United States. For more information, please visit www.nationalhealing.com.