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PRIME HEALTH SERVICES, PREMIER HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE, INC. ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC AGREEMENT
Target Is To Deliver A Stronger Savings Value To Our Combined National Market
Nashville, TN and Summit, NJ (March 26, 2007) – Prime Health Services (Prime Health), a National Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), and Premier Healthcare Exchange, Inc. (PHX), an automated healthcare cost containment solutions company, announced today a strategic agreement. The relationship between PHX and Prime Health will offer powerful provider savings and a network delivery system to Group Health customers nationwide. PHX customers will have access to Prime Health’s national network development team and PPO software solutions. Prime Health will make PHX’s unique, centralized approach to healthcare cost containment available to its network of employers, carriers, and third party administrators across the country.
“We are excited about the combined Group Health coverage nationally as both organizations reach out to a common market,” said Bryan Hunziker, Vice President of Business Development, Prime Health. “Both Premier Healthcare and Prime Health are driven to maintain a high level of client satisfaction as we represent a broad network of providers and medical expertise.”
“PHX and Prime Health are united in their goal of delivering tangible value and deep savings to the healthcare industry as a whole,” said Bob Malone, President of PHX. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to extend Prime Health’s comprehensive suite of services to our growing client base, while offering a proven, complete, one-stop solution for healthcare cost containment to the Prime Health network of providers and third party administrators.”
About Prime Health
Founded in 1996 and based in Brentwood, TN, Prime Health Services (Prime Health) is a preferred provider organization that offers a full spectrum of services, including a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) ready for access with customizable solutions, as well as repricing offerings. Prime Health's PPOs include Workers' Compensation, Group Health, and Auto Liability networks. Prime Health has over 600,000 providers and facilities nationwide forming the Prime Health National Delivery System. Prime Health offers our National Delivery System to the TPA, insurance carrier, and self-insured markets. More Information is available at www.primehealthservices.com or by calling 1-866-348-3887.
About Premier Healthcare Exchange, Inc.
Founded in 2001, Premier Healthcare Exchange Inc. (PHX) delivers integrated, automated claim processing solutions to healthcare payors, including the industry’s leading insurance companies, HMOs, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers. The company’s flagship solution, XPERT CONNECT™, combines three powerful platforms for cost containment into a single, comprehensive offering, providing a centralized approach that eliminates errors, saves time, and maximizes savings. PHX solutions are unique in leveraging state-of-the-art technology along with a highly experienced in-house team of experts who have processed billions of dollars and millions of claims. Visit www.phx-online.com for more information or call 1-888-218-9275.
Media Contacts:
Jesson Burnam, Resound Marketing; 877-505-22585 x904, jesson@resoundmarketing.com
Scott Bogosian, Premier Healthcare Exchange, Inc.; 888-311-3505 x 243, sales@phx-online.com
Jennifer Pitoscia, Prime Health Services; 866-348-3887 x180, jennifer@prime-health.net
Bryan Hunziker, Prime Health Services; 866-348-3887 x 120, bhunziker@prime-health.net