Concentra Operating Corporation Names Andrew Daniels Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

ADDISON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2003

Concentra Operating Corporation ("Concentra") today announced the appointment of Andrew R. Daniels, age 46, as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Company. Daniels will join Concentra on September 1, 2003.

In this newly created position, Daniels will be responsible for developing Concentra's brand identity, overseeing all marketing efforts, formulating and managing the Company's sales training program, and developing new sales strategies for employers, insurance carriers, third-party payors, government entities, and other constituencies.

Commenting on the announcement, Daniel Thomas, Concentra's Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are very pleased that Andy Daniels will join our team and are excited about the value he will add to our efforts to expand Concentra's presence and visibility. With a 23-year career in risk management consulting, we expect his broad industry experience and deep knowledge of our business will allow him to contribute measurably to our future success and make a profound impact on our business development."

Prior to joining Concentra, Daniels was President and Chief Operating Officer of Marsh Crisis Consulting where he was responsible for business operations and client solutions. He also was Managing Director, Strategic Consulting Services at Marsh, Inc., responsible for strategic planning, marketing and sales, and training. Prior to that, he was associated with Risk Sciences Group, a unit of Crawford & Company, where he specialized in marketing, sales, business development, information technology, risk analysis, and claims and risk program design.

Daniels holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California and a Masters degree from the University of Southern California Graduate School of Business. He also attended the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Concentra Operating Corporation, the successor to and a wholly owned subsidiary of Concentra Inc., is the comprehensive outsource solution for containing healthcare and disability costs. Serving the occupational, auto and group healthcare markets, Concentra provides employers, insurers and payors with a series of integrated services which include employment-related injury and occupational health care, in-network and out-of-network medical claims review and re-pricing, access to specialized preferred provider organizations, first notice of loss services, case management and other cost containment services. Concentra provides its services to employers with approximately 114,000 individual service locations and 3,500 insurance companies, health plans and third party administrators nationwide.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, which the Company is making in reliance on the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and that the Company's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the potential adverse impact of governmental regulation on the Company's operations, changes in nationwide employment and injury rate trends, interruption in data processing capabilities, operational, financing and strategic risks related to the Company's capital structure and growth strategy, possible fluctuations in quarterly and annual operations, possible legal liability for adverse medical consequences, competitive pressures, adverse changes in market conditions for the Company's services, and dependence on key management personnel. Additional factors include those described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.