Bio-Reference Laboratories Announces UnitedHealthcare Provider Agreement.Business Editors ELMWOOD PARK Elmwood Park, village (1990 pop. 23,206), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1914. It is chiefly residential. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2002 Bio-Reference to Participate As a UnitedHealthcare Provider Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BRLI BRLI Bio Rad Laboratories Inc ) announced today that it has signed an agreement effective January 1, 2002, to provide full service clinical laboratory testing services to UnitedHealthcare subscribers. UnitedHealthcare is the largest division of Minneapolis-based UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : UNH Unh The symbol for the element unnilhexium. ) and is one of the largest health insurers in the nation. Under the terms of the Agreement, UnitedHealthcare customers will be eligible for coverage of clinical laboratory services provided by Bio-Reference Laboratories. Additional terms of the Contract were not disclosed. About Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. The Company is the largest independent regional clinical laboratory in the Northeast and has major market positions in physician offices, nursing homes and correctional institutions. The Company is a full service clinical laboratory with specialty capability, especially in the areas of genomics, oncology, correctional health, and complimentary medicine. PSIMedica, a business unit of the Company, is a clinical knowledge management (CKM CKM Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (quark mixing matrix) CKM Certified Knowledge Manager (trademark of Hudson Associates Consulting, Inc. ) organization offering an array of information solutions for reducing healthcare costs and improving quality performance that are based on a flexible, scalable software analytical engine that utilizes all available source information, including claims data, enrollment data, prescription data and laboratory data. The Company provides a comprehensive connectivity solution that includes disease management, laboratory reporting and ordering, as well as claims eligibility and processing, to physicians through CareEvolve, its web-based healthcare portal. This press release contains certain "forward-looking" statements, as defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and the actual results and future events could differ materially from management's current expectations. Such factors are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the regulatory authorities having jurisdiction. |
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