First Consulting Group Appoints James E. Perry Vice President

First Consulting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCGI), a leading provider of outsourcing, consulting, and systems implementation and integration to health-related industries, today announced the appointment of James E. Perry as a Vice President. Mr. Perry has nearly 30 years of hospital operations and patient financial services experience and has held senior management positions at major healthcare provider institutions including Parkland Health & Hospital System, Erlanger Health Systems, Lexington Medical Center and Franciscan Health Systems. Mr. Perry, a revenue cycle and patient financial services expert, will work with FCG senior leadership to expand and build out FCG’s current front-and back-end revenue cycle services to help clients look for ways to save money, accelerate payments, and improve overall patient financial operations. "Jim’s deep experience in working with leading hospital systems to improve the efficiency of their patient accounting systems and processes has resulted in quantifiable financial improvements for each, including streamlined patient registrations, bad debt reductions, improved cash collections, and reduced managed care write-offs,” said Larry Ferguson, FCG’s chief executive officer, in announcing the appointment. "Jim’s background in building teams, re-engineering accounting processes, and implementing new patient accounting systems will add to the services we offer as we drive towards profitable growth in our healthcare provider business in 2007.” About FCG First Consulting Group (FCG) is a leading provider of outsourcing, consulting, systems implementation and integration for healthcare, pharmaceutical, and other life sciences organizations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Through combinations of onsite, off-site and offshore resources, FCG provides low cost, high quality services to improve its clients' performance. The firm's consulting and integration services increase clients' operations effectiveness with information technology, resulting in reduced costs, improved customer service, enhanced quality of patient care, and more rapid introduction of new pharmaceutical compounds. For more information about FCG, visit www.fcg.com or call 800-345-0957.