Louisville, Ky. (April 3, 2007) – SHPS, a leading provider of health advocacy and health benefit solutions, announced today that its health management division landed the State of Alabama as its newest government agency client. The State of Alabama’s State Employees’ Insurance Board retained SHPS for integrated health advocacy services, including disease management, utilization management, case management and a 24-hour nurse line.

SHPS health advocacy is a coordinated set of solutions designed to assist employees with all issues, conditions and decisions relating to their personal health. A knowledgeable health “advocate” provides a single point of access to all programs and services available to the employee, maximizing individual health benefits while minimizing health risks.

“Our health advocacy solutions have a direct impact on an employer’s ability to manage healthcare costs,” said Reed Keller, SHPS’ president, health management solutions. “The integration aligns health services to best meet an individual’s needs, maximizes employee education, modifies behavioral risk and ultimately delivers the appropriate level of care. This not only drives down health risks for the entire employee population, but it also helps clients like the State of Alabama contain overall healthcare costs.”

”The State Employees’ Insurance Board is looking forward to working with SHPS to provide our members a comprehensive health management program,” said William Ashmore, executive director of Alabama’s State Employees’ Insurance Board.

SHPS provides its health advocacy solutions to federal, state and local government employers, as well as many of the nation’s leading employers, including 97 Fortune 1000 companies.

“SHPS is honored to have the State of Alabama join our client roster,” added Keller. “By executing their health advocacy programs through our coordinated set of solutions, they are providing their employees a single point of access to a wealth of resources designed to improve their health. It demonstrates a commitment to healthier employees as well as a commitment to better healthcare management as an organization.”

About SHPS
SHPS provides a broad range of innovative health management tools, resources and services that empower consumers to make wise healthcare decisions. With comprehensive services that transform consumer health behaviors, SHPS’ integrated delivery system maximizes the value of consumers’ and employers’ healthcare dollars. Among its many clients, SHPS serves large and mid-sized employers, health insurance carriers, third party administrators, Medicare Part D providers and government agencies. The company employs registered nurses and health professionals, employee benefit specialists and IT experts in facilities across the United States. Visit www.shps.com.

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Sarah Bovine
Director, Corporate Communications
sarah.bovine@shps.com

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