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PerformRx to Host Pharmacy Benefit Management Innovations Conference

Focuses on Industry Best Practices

Philadelphia, PA - PerformRx, AmeriHealth Mercy's pharmacy benefit management division, will host its first annual customer conference, Innovations I, September 19-21, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, PA.

This three-day conference will focus on best practices in pharmacy benefit management for high-risk, high-cost populations. Mesfin Tegenu, MS, RPh, Senior Vice President and General Manager, PerformRx, and Perry Cohen, PharmD, FAMCP, Principal, The Pharmacy Group LLC, will open the first full day of the conference with a "State of the Business" address on Wednesday, September 20th at 8:30 a.m. In addition, Dan Mendelson, President and Founder, Avalere Health, will present a "Discussion about the Intersection of Health Care and Public Policy" at 10:00 a.m.

Jim Murray, Co-Founder, Ronald McDonald House and Former General Manager, Philadelphia Eagles, will give an inspirational talk on Thursday, September 21st at 8:45 a.m. Additional workshop topics will include: Health Care and Public Policy, Drug Trends, Medicare Part D and Medication Therapy Management and Drug Utilization Review.

In addition, attendees will learn about Healthy Hoops, AmeriHealth Mercy's pediatric asthma management program. Healthy Hoops uses basketball as a platform to teach children with asthma and their families how to manage the disease through appropriate medication usage, proper nutrition, monitored exercise and recreational activities. Now in its fourth year, Healthy Hoops improves health outcomes while decreasing medical and pharmacy utilization and costs.

PerformRx provides pharmacy benefit management services for managed Medicaid and Medicare clients through a distinctive approach that enhances quality and improves financial performance. Serving more than 1.6 million pharmacy lives, PerformRx is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a division of the AmeriHealth Mercy family of companies. Please visit PerformRx for more information.

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 2 million members in 16 states. For more information, visit AmeriHealth Mercy.