APS Healthcare Grows Health Management Business.

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- APS Healthcare, one of the country's leading specialty healthcare companies, announced today that seven new customers have selected APS to provide their health management programs starting January 1st. These customers will add more than 160,000 new covered lives to APS' growing health management book of business. Each new customer selected APS after a rigorous, competitive bid process. APS distinguished itself from its competitors through the company's unsurpassed experience using behavioral change techniques to motivate individuals to better manage their health. APS' flexible program design and delivery model was also frequently cited during the selection process.

APS' new health management customers include leaders in the energy, telecommunications, healthcare and manufacturing industries. Health management is one of APS' core business lines and is comprised of a broad portfolio of services including health and wellness, utilization management/utilization review, disease management and case management. APS currently provides health management programs to a host of private and public sector customers on a national basis, representing more than 2.5 million covered lives. Recently, the company was awarded the 2005 Disease Management Association of America's (DMAA) Recognizing Excellence Award for Best Government DM Program.

"Our expertise in behavior change makes APS truly unique among health management companies," commented Eileen Auen, CEO of APS. "This expertise, supported by customized program design and leading analytical capabilities, allow us to offer the market distinctive programs that generate better results and offer more value."

APS is a leading provider of specialty healthcare solutions that cover more than 20 million members in the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. APS offers customized, integrated healthcare solutions across three major healthcare product lines - health management services, behavioral health services, and quality improvement programs. APS operates under the belief that managing healthcare for the mind and body improves overall health and reduces total healthcare spending. For more information, contact Jay Krueger, Senior Vice President - Business Strategy at [phone], ext. 5202 or visit our website at www.apshealthcare.com.