• Meridian Opens Woodbridge Pulmonary Rehab Center

(Tallahassee, FL / April 11, 2008) Meridian Healthcare Group, Inc. ("Meridian") has entered into an agreement to develop and operate a pulmonary rehabilitation clinic in Woodbridge, New Jersey.

The pulmonary rehabilitation clinic is being developed with Sleep Associates of Woodbridge, LLC and is scheduled to commence operations in Q-2 2008. Bensalem Township is located northeast of Philadelphia.

“The Woodbridge clinic will expand Meridian’s network of New Jersey facilities that include sites in Summit, Englewood, Edison, South Plainfield, Tom’s River, Bridgewater, Elizabeth, Union and Newton, 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 Woodbridge.”

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.