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CareGuide Announces Improvement in Operating Results: Net Income of $69 Thousand and EBITDA of $3.3 Million for Nine Months Ended December 31, 2006.


Company Also Announces Restructuring Designed to Focus on Disease and Population Health Management and Restatement Restatement

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Notes:
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 of Prior Period Financial Statements

CORAL SPRINGS Coral Springs, city (1990 pop. 79,443), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1963. Largely residential, it is a city that has grown rapidly along with the southern Florida and Fort Lauderdale area. The population of Coral Springs nearly doubled between 1980 and 1990. , Fla. -- CareGuide, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

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: CGDE CGDE Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis ), a total population health management company, today announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2006. The Company, which recently changed its fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31, reported $69 thousand in net income on total revenues of $41.3 million, compared with a net loss of $2.1 million on total revenues of $54.7 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, and a net loss of $2.6 million on revenue of $39.0 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2005 (unaudited). Included in the net income (loss) for these periods was net income from discontinued operations Discontinued operations

Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business.
 of $675 thousand, $290 thousand and $290 thousand, respectively. The Company's EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become  for the same periods, was $3.3 million, $399 thousand and a loss of $917 thousand, respectively, evidencing similar improvement.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2006, CareGuide reported a net loss of $475 thousand on revenues of $13.8 million compared with a net loss of $618 thousand on revenues of $12.4 million for the same quarter of the prior year. During the quarter ended December 31, 2006, CareGuide wrote off $546 thousand of fixed assets fixed assets nplactivo sg fijo

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 upon determination that these assets had no further value and were fully impaired. Net income from discontinued operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2006, was $250 thousand compared to a loss from discontinued operations of $4 thousand for the same quarter of the prior year. CareGuide realized EBITDA of $982 thousand and $178 thousand for the quarters ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

For the unaudited calendar year ended December 31, 2006, CareGuide realized net income of $549 thousand and EBITDA of $4.6 million on total revenues of $57.0 million. These results are consistent with revised annual guidance previously issued by the Company, which projected EBITDA for calendar year 2006 in the high end of the $3.5 to $5.0 million range and total revenues somewhat below the $60.0 to $70.0 million range.

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 subleases of office space should have been in prior periods dating back to the Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 2004. Accordingly, the Company has restated its consolidated financial statements Consolidated Financial Statements

The combined financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries.

Notes:
Because consolidated financial statements present an aggregated look at the financial position of a parent and its subsidiaries, they enable you to gauge
 for periods prior to the nine months ended December 31, 2006. As a result of this restatement, expense aggregating approximately $1.5 million should have been recorded during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and March 31, 2005. Accordingly, in its fiscal restated/consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2006, CareGuide recorded a reduction in opening stockholders' equity Stockholders' Equity

The portion of the balance sheet that includes capital received from investors in exchange for stock (paid-in capital), donated capital, and retained earnings. This is equal to total assets minus liabilities, preferred stock and intangible assets.
 as of April 1, 2005 of $1.5 million. The impact of the restatement for the year ended March 31, 2006, was an increase in the net loss of $209 thousand, or $0.01 per share. The impact of the restatement for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2005 was a decrease in the net loss of $62 thousand and $184 thousand, respectively.

CareGuide also announced today a restructuring initiative to integrate its recent acquisitions, products and information systems. The Company expects to reduce its workforce by approximately 17% during the year ending December 31, 2007, and CareGuide will consolidate its operations under the direction of Julie Meek meek  
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The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 and executive vice president. Dr. Meek joined CareGuide in December 2006 in connection with the acquisition of Haelan Corporation. The Company projects that the cost savings from these organizational changes will be approximately $4.0 million on an annualized annualized

Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared.
 basis and will result in enhanced gross margins. The Company expects to begin to realize these benefits beginning in the second quarter of 2007.

Related to the restructuring, CareGuide also announced that it is completing the consolidation of its care management technology onto a single proprietary member-centric platform and work flow engine. These state-of-the-art applications will also enable CareGuide to operate more efficiently and at reduced expense levels. In addition, they should provide improved scalability and work process consistency.

Chris E. Paterson, president and chief executive officer of CareGuide, said, "This restructuring represents the last major step in our efforts to redefine our business. We completed a large number of initiatives in 2006 related to our business plan that we believe positioned us for future margin growth. Acquisitions of both Patient Infosystems and Haelan in 2006 enabled us to assemble and integrate a complete set of population health management solutions for our customers and substantially grow our predictive modeling and population health management business. As a result of these transactions and the opportunities they present, we have made a decision to focus exclusively on the population health management business and the administrative services revenue with which it is associated. We have exited the at-risk, capitated post-acute business in which we had to pay provider claims from our revenues. While overall revenues will decrease with this changeover (programming) changeover - The time when a new system has been tested successfully and replaces the old system. , we believe this refined revenue base will generate higher gross margins."

Through the acquisition of Haelan in December 2006, CareGuide added One Care Street[TM], a patent-pending predictive modeling approach developed by Dr. Meek that has been shown to result in earlier, more accurate identification of individuals in need of healthcare services, to its portfolio of products and services. In commenting on the modeling approach, Dr. Meek added, "We are now in a position at CareGuide to provide a total population health management solution to our customers. We are uniquely able to find the right people and offer them a fully integrated health coaching, disease education and care navigation approach that delivers results that we believe are far superior to traditional disease management. We are impacting overall health cost trends for our clients, not just costs for a subset of members." In a separate release today, CareGuide also announced results of a 10-customer study, which demonstrated the unique capabilities of One Care Street to reduce medical trend.

Presented below is a reconciliation of income (loss) from continuing operations continuing operations

Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the
, which we believe to be the most comparable GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

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 measure, to EBITDA (loss) form continuing operations (dollars in thousands). Periods prior to the nine months ended December 31, 2006, have been restated, as discussed above.
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The Company's management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the earnings release at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. To participate in the call, participants should dial 1-212-896-6121 approximately ten minutes prior to the start time of the call. A telephonic replay of the call may be accessed by dialing 1-800-633-8284 and entering access code 21336735. The replay will be available from 1:30 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, through 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, 2007. The conference call will also be available for 30 days through the Company's website at www.careguide.com and at www.earnings.com.

Headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida Coral Springs, officially chartered July 10, 1963, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to the U.S. , CareGuide is a total population health management company serving the health and benefit plans of managed care organizations, employers, unions, third party administrators and government customers. CareGuide offers the One Care Street product, among other products and services, to its broad customer base. Understanding that health status is dynamic and encompasses physical, mental and social qualities, CareGuide's integrated solutions are intended to address each of these factors to achieve superior health and financial outcomes for customers. CareGuide distinguishes itself by combining high human touch with technology and science to assist in the identification and engagement of individuals in need - our aim is to find more, miss fewer, and help better. Visit www.careguide.com for more information.

This release contains information about management's view of the Company's future expectations, financial results, plans and prospects, the Company's ability to add customers and expand service offerings to existing customers, the realization of expected expense savings from the restructuring, enhancement of gross margins, prospects for growth of its ASO ASO arteriosclerosis obliterans.
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 business, and improvement of its operating results in future periods, that constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
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1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 provisions under the 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. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's financial condition, its ability to extend or refinance Refinance

1. When a business or person revises their payment schedule for repaying debt.

2. Replacing an older loan with a new loan offering better terms.

Notes:
When a business refinances they typically extend the maturity date.
 its liabilities under its credit facility which matures on October 1, 2007, its ability to realize expense savings and operate more effectively following its restructuring efforts, its ability to integrate and sell the Company's products including One Care Street, its ability to successfully transition from risk-based services to administrative service only contracts, its ability to compete with competitors and its ability to increase its business and revenue base, the competitive environment in the healthcare industry, and the growth of the healthcare market, as well as other factors that are discussed in the Company's Transition Report on Form 10-KSB for the nine months ended December 31, 2006, filed with the SEC on April 17, 2007, as well as other documents the Company files with the SEC.
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