As Employer Mandate Impacting Bay Area Businesses Goes into Effect, Century Healthcare Responds with Plans to Help Employers Meet New Health Care Spending Requirements.

IRVING, Texas -- As the City of San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) goes into effect, Century Healthcare, one of the nation's largest providers of health insurance options known as limited benefit medical plans, has developed customized plans which will allow employers to meet mandated spending requirements and simultaneously provide sponsored health insurance to their employees.

Under the Ordinance, which was recently reinstated following a Ninth Circuit Court ruling, businesses with 20 or more employees must make health care expenditures for employees working 10 hours or more per week in San Francisco. Century Healthcare's insurance options are designed to these standards, and premiums do not cost an employer more than what is required to meet the mandate.

"Century Healthcare has adapted its plans to comply with the City of San Francisco's mandated employer spending requirements. The plans afford both outpatient and inpatient services scaled to the Bay Area's costs of care and the mandated HCSO contribution requirements," says Derek Peterman, CEO of Century Healthcare. "Our plans are designed to make this as simple as possible for employers while giving them an added advantage of attracting and retaining employees."

What Century Healthcare has to offer:

* Guaranteed coverage to any employee regardless of preexisting health conditions

* Nationwide premiere PPO network offers coverage anywhere in the country

* Benefits include doctor visits, prescriptions, hospitalization, surgery and more

* Easy administration and compliance process makes it helpful for small business owners

Century Healthcare will soon be conducting educational seminars in San Francisco for employers. Businesses interested in learning more about the sessions may contact Don Eggspuehler (CA License # 0F28347) at 1-866-261-9998, x 215 or visit www.chctpa.com.

About Century Healthcare

Century Healthcare is one of the country's largest providers of affordable health insurance options known as limited benefit medical plans. It is a full-service, third-party administrator (TPA) and a licensed and bonded health care insurance organization (CA TPA License # 0F84410). The company specializes in the design, administration and implementation of customized limited benefit medical plans to offer more options for affordable health insurance, lower costs, simple administration and competitive advantage to employers across the USA. For more information, visit www.chctpa.com.

About the Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO)

The City of San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance will require businesses with 20 or more employees to make health care expenditures on behalf of their employees who work in San Francisco at least 10 hours per week and have been employed at least 90 days. The effective date for employers with 50 or more employees is January 9, 2008; the effective date for for-profit employers with 20-49 employees remains April 1, 2008. The ordinance requires employers to spend $1.17 and $1.76 per employee per hour depending on the size of the company. These contributions are not limited to local businesses. Employers based outside of San Francisco must also comply if they employ eligible workers in the area.