First Health Announces New Clients and Expanded Client Relationships.

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Edward L. Wristen, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Health Group Corp. (NASDAQ:FHCC), announced today that the Company has entered into agreements to provide services to new clients and sold additional services to existing clients. These services include PPO, claims administration, bill review, clinical management, pharmacy benefit management, and stop-loss insurance as well as additional services in our public sector. These clients include, among others:

New Corporate Clients & Upsells:
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Compass Minerals International, Inc. (N)
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (N)
U.S. Concrete, Inc. (N)
Roehl Transport, Inc. (N)
Amica Mutual Insurance Company (N)
Interface, Inc. (N)
UIW Health and Benefits Plan (N)
Casey's General Stores, Inc. (N)
Boilermakers National Health & Welfare Fund (E)
Tire Centers, LLC (E)
Strategic Outsourcing, Inc. (E)
TTX Company (E)
Caremark Rx, Inc. (E)


New Carrier/TPA Clients & Upsells:
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Cottingham & Butler (N)
Diversified Group Administrators, Inc. (N)
Employers Life Insurance Corporation (N)
America's Health Care Benefit Plan (N)
OSF Health Plans, Inc. (N)
States General Life Insurance Company (N)
Consumer Health Solutions (N)
Health Design Plus (N)
IUPAT District Council 78 (N)
Preferred Provider Healthcare Alliance (N)
Premier Access (N)
Primary Provider Management Company, Inc. (N)
QV1 Risk Solutions, Inc. (N)
Southern Painters Welfare Fund (N)
WEB-TPA (N)
Wheeler Companies, Inc. (N)
Bollinger, Inc. (E)
North American Health Plans (E)
Schaller Anderson Healthcare (E)
Student Assurance Services (E)
Benicorp Insurance Company (E)
Mennonite Mutual Aid Association (E)


New Workers' Comp Clients:
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MCO Advantage, Ltd (N)
Medicor, LLC (N)
TIMCO (N)
Solutions4, LLC (N)
Alpha Review Corporation (N)
Builders Association Self Insurers Fund (N)
GE Insurance Solutions Corporation (N)
F.A. Richards & Associates, Inc. (N)
FCCI Insurance Group (N)
GENEX Services, Inc. (E)


New Public Sector Clients & Upsells:
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Commonwealth of Kentucky, Finance and Administration Cabinet,
  Department of Medicaid Services (N)
State of Missouri, Department of Health and Senior Services,
  Commission for the Missouri Senior Rx (N)
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (N)
New York State - Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program (E)
Michigan Department of Community Health - Michigan EPIC Pharmacy
  Program (E)
District of Columbia Medical Assistance Administration (E)
State of New Jersey, the Department of Human Services, Division of
  Medical Assistance and Health Services. (E)


N - New client
E - Expanded, existing client relationship

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.