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Wellpartner Teams with Sea Mar Community Health Center to Offer Access to Affordable Medications

"We're excited to extend access to this valuable federal discount program to patients served at the Bellingham Medical Clinic and the Everson Medical Clinic," said Michael Wright, Wellpartner President and CEO. "Bringing together conveniently located retail pharmacies to dispense discounted medications for patients served by these clinics will help lower the cost of staying healthy."

Sea Mar Community Health Center is the latest in a growing number of safety-net clinics throughout the Pacific Northwest that are using Wellpartner's 340B Access Solution to participate in the Federal 340B Drug Discount Program. The 340B Access Solution enables select retail pharmacies to dispense discounted medications to qualified patients after they visit their local safety-net clinic.

Sea Mar Community Health Center has clinics throughout Seattle, Western Washington and in rural communities in Eastern Washington. Sea Mar will continue to partner with local pharmacies in these areas throughout 2010.

"The 340B Drug Discount Program will allow us to expand the level of care we provide our patients," said Mary Bartolo, Executive Vice President, Sea Mar Community Health Center. "Wellpartner's 340B Access Solution allows us to partner with our community pharmacies to offer a low-cost option to our patients for their medications."

The Federal 340B Drug Discount Program was created by Congress to help uninsured and underinsured patients get the medications they need at prices they can afford - offering discounts of as much as 51% below the prices charged at most retail pharmacies. The health care safety-net is comprised of Federally Qualified Health Centers and other providers in the U.S. and serves more than 17 million people in more than 6,000 facilities around the country each year.

About Wellpartner, Inc.

Wellpartner, Inc. is a privately held, nationally recognized provider of outsourced pharmacy distribution solutions for health plans, Medicaid programs and safety-net providers nationwide. Wellpartner is the largest independent provider of 340B Contract Pharmacy program services for the Federal 340B Program in the United States, a market estimated at more than $6.7 billion annually. To learn more about Wellpartner, go to www.wellpartner.com.

Gard Communications
Marisa Brotman, 503-552-5000
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