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Comprehensive Behavioral Care Awarded New Contract, Expands Into Florida Employer Market.


TAMPA, Fla.-(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 12, 1999--Comprehensive Behavioral Care, Inc. (CompCare), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

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In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Comprehensive Care Corporation (OTC OTC

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 BB:CHCR CHCR Center for Health Care Rights ), today announced that it is expanding its Southeast Region operations into Florida's employer market.

CompCare's Southeast Region has been awarded a contract to manage mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract  for the Pasco County School District, located north of Tampa. The contract, set to commence on January 1, 2000, will cover school board employees and their family members, or an estimated 10,000 covered lives.

The new contract will further boost CompCare's regional operations in the Southeast. The company already provides managed behavioral health services to approximately 230,000 Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries, as well as commercially insured members, in Florida.

"This contract represents our expansion into the employer market in Florida," said CompCare CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Mary Jane Johnson. "It is also consistent with our company's commitment to supporting and serving the teachers who play such a vital role in developing our youth."

Comprehensive Behavioral Care, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, administers and operates behavioral health, substance abuse, and employee assistance programs for governmental agencies and managed care companies throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The company has more than 900,000 members and a network of approximately 5,700 behavioral health practitioners.
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