ResCare Premier announces a new contract with HealthLink

St. Louis, Missouri, July 28, 2004 – ResCare Premier, a leading national provider of programs and services for persons with acquired brain injury, today announces that it has been awarded a contract with HealthLink to provide services to adults with acquired brain injury. HealthLink, a member of the Wellpoint family of companies, is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and is a for-profit managed care organization that conducts business in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Iowa, and Arkansas.

Ms. Maureen Magrath, Senior Program Director, ResCare Premier St. Louis noted, “We are very please about our new HealthLink contract. We are excited to offer HealthLink’s subscribers, in their Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), and their Point of Service (POS) and Workers’ Compensation PPO networks, the highest quality rehabilitation programs and services from our convenient location.” Located in southwest St. Louis County, ResCare Premier offers a full continuum of rehabilitation services including Residential Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Day Treatment, Outpatient Services and various long-term supported living environments.

“This contract is yet another example of ResCare Premier’s on-going effort to address the particular needs of our managed care customers and their subscribers,” commented Ms. Cathy Breneman, Director of Business Development, “Our whole organization is keenly focused on delivering services for this growing segment of the health care market. We believe that our unparalleled experience working in the public sector uniquely qualifies us to work with managed care organizations to deliver quality services at a considerable value.”

ResCare Premier St. Louis is accredited by The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF) in Brain Injury: Outpatient Rehabilitation, Residential Rehabilitation, and Long Term Residential and is a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services certified Medicare Part B Specialty Clinic providing Outpatient Therapy Programs.

ResCare Premier is an in-network provider for many national and regional health care insurance companies, Workers’ Compensation insurers, and on a limited basis, will enter into Security and Assignment of Proceeds Agreements. In addition, we specialize in working with the State of Missouri’s Medicaid funding for Comprehensive Day Treatment for persons with traumatic brain injury.

Since opening its doors, ResCare Premier has expanded and developed programs to meet the diverse needs of individuals with acquired brain injury. As a unique group of interrelated treatment facilities, residential communities, and specialty programs located across the United States and Canada, we offer a full continuum of rehabilitation and residential services designed to meet treatment needs “from the door of the hospital to the door of the home – or any door that opens opportunity for our participants.” sm

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Admission Information: 800.28.BRAIN (800.282.7246)
Email: admissions@rescarepremier.com

Local Contact:

Ms. Maureen Magrath
Senior Program Director
Phone: 314.918.9950
Email: Maureen_Magrath@ResCarePremier.com

Cathy Breneman
Director of Business Development
Phone: 734.944.1181
Email: Cathy_Breneman@ResCarePremier.com