• Meridian Opens Network of Palm Beach Rehabilitation Centers

(Tallahassee, FL / January 11, 2008) Meridian Healthcare Group, Inc. ("Meridian") has entered into an agreement to develop and operate two Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (“CORFs”) in Palm Beach County Florida.

The CORFs are being developed with Berliant Enterprises, LLC and will be located in Jupiter and West Palm Beach, Florida. The facilities are scheduled to commence operations in Q-1 2008. The Jupiter and West Palm Beach CORFs will expand Meridian’s network of Florida facilities that include sites in Sarasota, Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando, The Villages, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Marianna.

The Palm Beach County CORFs will provide comprehensive diagnostic and treatment facilities for the care of area residents. In addition to physical therapy the CORFs will provide respiratory therapy services prescribed by physicians for the assessment, diagnostic evaluation and treatment of patients with cardiopulmonary deficiencies. “Meridian has been shaping the future of respiratory care for over four decades and we are pleased to expand our services in Palm Beach County,” said Tom R. Futch, Meridian President & CEO.

Meridian Healthcare Group, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, is a nationally recognized leader in the field of pulmonary medicine providing services to patients 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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