CORRECTING and REPLACING First Health Group Corp. Third Quarter 2003 Earnings Conference Call.

Business Editors

CORRECTION...by First Health

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2003

First graph, first sentence of release dated Sept. 20, 2003 should read: 8:00 a.m. Central (sted: 9:00 a.m. Central).

The corrected release reads:

FIRST HEALTH GROUP CORP. THIRD QUARTER 2003 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

First Health Group Corp. (NASDAQ:FHCC), will be hosting a conference call and webcast on Monday, November 3, at 8 a.m. Central Standard Time, to discuss the company's third quarter results which will be released before the market opens.

This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at First Health's website at www.firsthealth.com. Individuals who listen to the call will be presumed to have read First Health's annual report or Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31 and June 30, 2003.

Individual investors can also listen to the call at www.companyboardroom.com and institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

About First Health

First Health, the premier national health-benefits services company, specializes in providing large payors with integrated managed care solutions. First Health is a unique national managed care company serving the group health, workers' compensation and state agency markets. Using technology to enable service and managed care innovations, First Health sets the bar for industry performance. For more information, visit the company website at www.firsthealth.com.