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ADVANTAGE Health Solutions Signs Agreement With St. Francis Network for Their Medicare PPO Product

ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc.(SM) announced today that it has signed an agreement with St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers and St. Francis Medical Group for their Medicare PPO product, ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus.

The signing of this agreement means that ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus members may now access St. Francis hospital and primary care and specialty care physicians. The new agreement will add more than 500 affiliated individual and physician group practices and approximately 50 primary care physician to ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus' provider network. This contract gives members residing on the southside of Indianapolis and in the southern surrounding counties expanded options in health care providers while offering the highest level of benefit for in-network services.

"The addition of St. Francis providers is an important step in our continued commitment to provide our members with choice and access to an extensive network of hospitals and providers," said Vicki Perry, president and chief executive officer of ADVANTAGE Health Solutions.

About ADVANTAGE Health Solutions

ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc.(SM) is a managed care organization offering insured and self-funded products along with the most recent Medicare PPO product, ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus. Founded by four Catholic health care systems: Ascension Health, Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc., Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Inc. and Ancilla Health Systems, Inc., ADVANTAGE began operations in May of 2000. Since inception, ADVANTAGE has achieved significant milestones and is one of the fastest growing Managed Care Organizations in Indiana.

Effective December 24, 2003 ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc.(SM) was awarded an Excellent Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality and service. This accreditation status is for ADVANTAGE's commercial product covering over 65,000 lives in Indiana and will be in effect until December 24, 2006.

ADVANTAGE has achieved the highest possible accreditation status for service and clinical quality, and they meet or exceed NCQA's rigorous requirements for consumer protection and quality improvement. This accreditation also indicates that the clinical care delivered by ADVANTAGE physicians is in the highest range of national performance. If you would like to read more about the accreditation, it is posted on the NCQA web site at www.NCQA.org

About ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus

ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus, a Medicare Plus Choice Plan offered by ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc.(SM), is a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) approach to Medicare health insurance. ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus provides significant cost savings for members with little restriction of provider choice. ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus, contains enhanced care coordination, increased education, decreased out of pocket expense, personal specialists assigned to each member, open access to ALL network providers, and many other value-added services that set it apart from Medicare supplement products.

ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc.(SM), is contracted with The Center For Medicare and Medicaid Services to offer ADVANTAGE Preferred Plus.