MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.,
Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- MedQuist Inc., (Nasdaq: MEDQ) a leading provider of integrated
clinical documentation solutions for the U.S. healthcare industry
today announced that Anthony D.
James, the company's current Co-Chief Operating Officer, has
been named the Company's Chief Financial Officer effective
November 22, 2010. James will
also continue to serve as the Company's Co-Chief Operating
Officer.
James served as the Chief Operating Officer for Spheris Inc., a
global outsource provider of clinical documentation technology and
services, from 2006 until April 2010,
when MedQuist and its majority shareholder, CBay Inc., purchased
substantially all of the assets of Spheris. Prior to that, James
served as the Chief Financial Officer for Spheris from 2001 to
2006. James joined Spheris in November
1999 as the company's Controller.
Prior to Spheris, James held a number of finance and accounting
positions over a seven year tenure with Mariner Post-Acute Network.
Additionally, he worked for two years in public accounting for
Schoenauer, Musser & Co. James is a certified public
accountant and received his B.A. in Accounting from the
University of Northern Iowa.
Dominick Golio, who served as the
Company's Chief Financial Officer until James' appointment, has
decided to not relocate to Franklin,
Tennessee where the Company finance group will be
headquartered and has agreed to remain with the Company to assist
with the transition of responsibilities to James, and thereafter
pursue other business interests.
Peter Masanotti, MedQuist's CEO
stated, "We appreciate all that Dom has done for MedQuist during a
period of extraordinary change within the Company and our industry
as a whole. We wish him well in his future endeavors."
SOURCE MedQuist Inc.
