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NHPR News National Health Partners Announces the Addition of Aetna to Its CARExpress Network
HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Health Partners, Inc. (OTCBB: NHPR), a leading national
healthcare savings organization that provides unique discount healthcare
membership programs to uninsured and underinsured people through a
national healthcare savings network called “CARExpress,”
announced today that it has added Aetna Dental to its CARExpress network.
"This is great news for our CARExpress members and it demonstrates how
committed we are to addressing the needs of our members," said David M.
Daniels, President and CEO of National Health Partners. “Our
CARExpress health savings network was already one of the largest in the
country, with over 1,000,000 healthcare providers. The addition of Aetna
Dental’s 65,000 dental providers adds to the
strength of our CARExpress network by enhancing the attractiveness of
our dental product offering.”
Mr. Daniels continued, “CARExpress members can
now choose a dentist from a larger provider panel, which offers more
opportunities for them to use a network dentist and potentially lower
out-of-pocket costs. Because our members will have greater choices for
their dental care, we expect even higher member satisfaction levels.”
National Health Partners’ members pay up to
$39.95 per month for access to the premium services of the CARExpress
network, which is comprised of over 1,000,000 participating physicians,
hospitals and other leading healthcare providers that belong to such
PPOs as CareMark and now, Aetna. The company’s
primary target customer group is the 46 million Americans who have no
health insurance of any kind. The company’s
secondary target customer group includes the approximately 61 million
Americans who lack complete health insurance coverage.
“We share Aetna’s
values and philosophy in that we are continually seeking opportunities
to enhance our ability to meet the needs of our members,”
stated Daniels. “We are pleased that our
members will have access to such a prestigious network of dental
providers.”
Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation’s leading
diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 29.9
million people with information and resources to help them make better
informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range
of traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and
related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral
health, group life, long-term care and disability plans, and medical
management capabilities. Aetna’s customers
include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and
hourly workers, health plans and government-sponsored plans. For more
information on Aetna, please visit its website at www.aetna.com.
National Health Partners, Inc. [OTCBB: NHPR]
is a national healthcare savings organization that provides discount
healthcare membership programs to uninsured and underinsured people
through a national healthcare savings network called “CARExpress.”
CARExpress is one of the largest networks of hospitals, doctors,
dentists, pharmacists and other healthcare providers in the country and
is comprised of over 1,000,000 medical professionals that have agreed to
render their services and products to the CARExpress members at
discounted prices. The company is headquartered in Horsham,
Pennsylvania. For more information on the company, please visit its
website at www.nationalhealthpartners.com.
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statements” within the meaning of Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than
statements of historical fact contained herein, including, without
limitation, statements regarding the company’s
future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected
revenues and costs, and plans and objectives of management for future
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results proposed in such statements. Although the company believes that
the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are
reasonable, it can provide no assurance that such expectations will
prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the company’s
expectations include, but are not limited to, its ability to fund future
growth and implement its business strategy, its ability to develop and
expand the market for its CARExpress membership programs, demand for and
acceptance of its CARExpress membership programs, its dependence on a
limited number of preferred provider organizations and other provider
networks for healthcare providers, as well as those factors set forth in
the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB
and its other filings and submissions with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except
as required by law, the company assumes no obligation to update or
revise any of the information contained in this press release.
