• Meridian Opens St. Claire County Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center

(Tallahassee, FL / May 23, 2008) Meridian Healthcare Group, Inc. ("Meridian") has entered into an agreement to develop and operate two pulmonary rehabilitation clinics in southeastern Michigan. The facilities will be located in the communities of Port Huron and East China, Michigan approximately sixty miles northeast of Detroit.

The pulmonary rehabilitation clinics are being developed with Saint Clair Pulmonary and Critical Care, a multi-physician specialty group. The facilities are scheduled to commence operations in July 2008.

“The Port Huron and East China clinics will expand Meridian’s network of Michigan facilities, said Tom R. Futch, Meridian President & CEO. Meridian has been shaping the future of respiratory care for over four decades and we are pleased to expand our services to the residents of St. Clair County.”

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