• Meridian Expands Newton Pulmonary Center

(Tallahassee, FL / July 20, 2007) Meridian Healthcare Group, Inc. ("Meridian") has renewed its agreement with Pulmonary Medical Associates to provide pulmonary rehabilitation services in Newton, New Jersey. The new contract provides for the expansion of the existing clinical space and services offered through 2012. Pulmonary Medical Associates, LLP, is a multi-man specialty medical group serving Sussex County residents.

The Town of Newton is located approximately 60 miles northwest of New York City and 70 miles north of Trenton, New Jersey. Newton is the county seat for Sussex County and enjoys a rich historic heritage dating back to 1751.

"The Newton clinic is part of Meridian’s network of New Jersey facilities that includes facilities in Englewood, Hackensack, South Plainfield, Summit, Tom’s River, Edison, and South Plaines, New Jersey, according to Tom Futch, Meridian's President & CEO. We have been shaping the future of respiratory care for over four decades and are honored to be a clinical partner of Pulmonary Medical Associates.”

Meridian Healthcare Group, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, is a nationally recognized leader in the field of pulmonary medicine providing services in thirty-eight states.

As one of the largest providers of contract therapy and disease state management in the United States, Meridian has built a national network of clinical programs in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics, homecare centers, polysomnography laboratories and respiratory pharmacies.

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