Acadia Business Group Appoints Mark LeDuc As New CTO; E-Commerce Expert Joins Growing Medical Services Organization.

Business/Technology Editors

AUBURN, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2000

Acadia Business Group, Inc., (OTCBB:ANHS) parent company of Acadia National Health Systems, Inc., and MedLecture.com, today announced the appointment of Mark LeDuc as its chief technology officer.

LeDuc, 42, of Manchester, Me., brings significant e-commerce, legal and telecommunications experience to Acadia.

Acadia Business Group, Inc., has two subsidiaries: Acadia National Health Systems, a national financial and consulting company for physicians and medical services organizations; and MedLecture.com, a Web-based resource for physicians to acquire continuing medical education credits.

Prior to joining Acadia Business Group, LeDuc was the chairman of the trademark and technology practice groups at Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, LLC, one of northern New England's largest law firms. He also founded LeDuc & Company, an enterprise that provided consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses seeking comprehensive e-commerce solutions.

In addition to his technological background, LeDuc brings nearly 15 years of legal expertise to Acadia Business Group and has most recently specialized in issues at the intersection of the law and technology.

In his legal practice, LeDuc formed and served as chief counsel to the Maine High Tech Task Force, where he advised Internet Service Providers, web authors, on-line help desk providers, telecommunications carriers and new media companies on a wide range of legal topics. He also served as chairman of the Maine State Bar Association Committee on Electronic Communications and Internet Issues from 1996-1997, and as co-chairman of the Commission to Study the Restructuring of the State's Fiscal Policies to Promote the Development of the High-Technology Industry in Maine from 1997-1998.

"Mark's knowledge of e-commerce and online platforms will be critical to Acadia Business Group's successful growth," said John W. Holt, Jr., the company's president and chief executive officer. "We are proud to welcome a high-caliber, technological innovator to our team."

LeDuc's priority will be to improve the technological capacity behind MedLecture.com, launched one month ago as the only known Continuing Medical Internet Education (CMiE(TM)) site that conveniently enables doctors to maintain their professional accreditation. MedLecture.com hopes to capitalize on the e-learning market among physicians who are required to keep abreast of developments in their field.

"I'm pleased to be joining a top flight executive management team that is demonstrating an innovative vision for distance learning, video streaming and other online services that will create a new dimension in e-commerce," LeDuc said.

From 1989-1992, LeDuc served as legislative coordinator for the Governor of the state of Maine John R. McKernan, Jr., and in this capacity, he oversaw all legislation offered by the executive departments and was responsible for all proposals submitted to the Legislature. He also served as legislative assistant in the Maine House of Representatives from 1981-1982.

A 1980 magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., LeDuc received his Master's of public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and his law degree from the Columbia University School of Law in 1986.

About Acadia Business Group, Inc.

Based in Auburn, Maine, Acadia Business Group is a publicly traded (OTC BB: ANHS) company that serves as parent for two subsidiaries: Acadia National Health Systems, Inc., a medical financial and consulting company offering medical management services that include third party billing, consulting, data management and regulatory compliance; and, MedLecture.com, a Web-based provider of multi-disciplinary continuing medical education products and services. More information about Acadia Business Group can be found at www.acadgrp.com.