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PerformRx/AmeriHealth Mercy to Present on Managing Drug Benefits for Dual Eligibles at 2nd Annual Medicare Advantage Congress

Philadelphia, PA - Gretchen Mills, Medicare Product Line Manager, AmeriHealth Mercy, will present on "Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Drug Benefit for Dual Eligibles," at the 2nd Annual Medicare Advantage Congress in Scottsdale, AZ, on Monday, January 24, 2005, 1:00 p.m., at the Radisson Resort. PerformRx, AmeriHealth Mercy's pharmacy benefit management product, is also a sponsor and an exhibitor at the Congress.

Mills will be speaking about the unique health care challenges of dual eligibles, Medicare beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid benefits, and how the Medicare Modernization Act will help Medicare plans improve care, while lowering health care costs, for this high risk, high cost population. AmeriHealth Mercy's PerformRx has successfully lowered drug costs for dual eligibles in seven states.

PerformRx is the next generation pharmacy benefit management program with a proven pharmacy care management solution that meets financial objectives while improving the quality of health care for its customers. Within the Medicaid sector, by using the approach of linking traditional medical management with pharmacy management, PerformRx maintains an average annual pharmacy cost trend of 5% versus the national trend in the range of 15%.

With more than 20 years of experience exclusively serving the Medicaid population, AmeriHealth Mercy and its affiliates comprise the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching the lives of more than 1.4 million members in seven states, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, South Carolina, Virginia, California and Arizona. For more information visit AmeriHealth Mercy and PerformRx.

The three-day Medicare Advantage Congress will address the major challenges of the disease management industry and highlight the myriad ways that disease management programs continue to improve the performance of health care systems. For more information on the Medicare Advantage Congress, visit www.iirusa.com/macongress2005.