MNS News

Management and Network Serivces Completes Agreement with MultiPlan

Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 2008 - Management and Network Serivces, LLC (MNS) announced today, that it has recently completed a national Ancillary Service Agreement with MultiPlan, Inc. to become effective December 1, 2008. Under the new Agreement, MNS will arrange for the provision of skilled nursing services to eligible health plan participants accessing the MultiPlan Network nationally, and the PHCS Network regionally in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. In addition, the agreement will provide access to eligible individuals paying for their own healthcare through programs using the ValuePoint by MultiPlan® network. MultiPlan is the nation's oldest and largest supplier of independent, network based cost management solutions, with an estimated 40 million consumers accessing its networks. Managment and Network Serivices, LLC is a full service, messenger model network of affiliated skilled nursing and rehabilitation providers, serving the needs of commercial insurers, self insureds, TPAs, and Federal State and Local government agencies.

Joe Pepoy, Vice President of Business Development for Management and Network Services, comments "We are looking forward to working closely with MultiPlan in assuring access to skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for MultiPlan, PHCS, and ValuePoint by MultiPlan Network clients. As the largest stand-alone, independently owned nursing home network in the United States, we are pleased to offer our network providers across the country the opportunity to participate in these networks." For more information, contact Joe Pepoy at jpepoy@mnsnetwork.com.



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