Comprehensive Behavioral Care Signs Second Contract in Georgia, Further Expands Southeast Region Operations.

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--

Comprehensive Behavioral Care, Inc. (CompCare), a wholly owned subsidiary of Comprehensive Care Corporation (OTC BB:CHCR), today announced that it is further expanding its operations in Georgia.

Effective September 1, CompCare is partnering with Evergreen Health Plan, a Columbus, GA-based, provider-sponsored health care corporation. Under the administrative-services-only (ASO) arrangement, CompCare will provide mental health and substance abuse services for approximately 7,500 commercially insured Evergreen members in the Columbus area.

The new contract expands CompCare's presence in Georgia and further boosts the company's operations in the Southeast. In partnership with Grady Health Care Plan, an Atlanta-based health maintenance organization, CompCare currently provides inpatient mental health services for approximately 23,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in the Atlanta area. CompCare's Southeast Region office also administers managed behavioral health services for approximately 230,000 Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries, as well as commercial members, in Florida.

"CompCare's partnership with Evergreen Health Plan reflects the company's aggressive efforts to enter new markets in Georgia and throughout the Southeast," said CompCare CEO Mary Jane Johnson. "This contract is an opportunity to align ourselves with another regional health care organization and to expand our presence in the commercial market."

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 about 900,000 members and a network of approximately 5,200 behavioral health practitioners.