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Toyota Puts CHD Meridian Healthcare in the Driver's Seat to Manage New Workplace Health Center


November 2006
 Filed under: TOYOTA CORPORATE Car News | TOYOTA CORPORATE Headlines

CHD Meridian Healthcare Selected to Provide Preventative and Primary Care Services for Toyota's New San Antonio Plant

CHADDS FORD, Pa., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CHD Meridian Healthcare, an I-trax, Inc. company (AMEX:DMX) and the leader in health and productivity management, announced today that it has been selected by Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (TMMTX) to provide workplace healthcare services for the company's new San Antonio plant scheduled to open in November 2006.
The San Antonio healthcare center will be the eighth site at which CHD Meridian Healthcare provides on-site healthcare services for Toyota. As the leading provider of workplace health centers, CHD Meridian Healthcare will staff the health center and manage its day-to-day activities.

The Toyota Family Health Center will offer preventative and primary healthcare services, including family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, dental, optometry, rehabilitation/physical therapy, radiology, lab services and occupational health services. Located in a 20,000-square-foot facility, the center will serve the more than 2,000 team members and their dependants as well as many TMMTX suppliers.

CHD Meridian is also spearheading the implementation of additional programs to ensure access for patients to high-quality healthcare services in the community. To help drive this initiative, CHD Meridian identified and contracted Wise Provider Networks, a Utah-based corporation, to develop a network of specialized healthcare providers to support the Toyota Family Health Center. Wise Provider Networks has enlisted more than 300 physicians, specialists and other care providers in the San Antonio area as referral resources to the CHD Meridian Healthcare staff.

"CHD Meridian looked for us to help further enhance their rich healthcare offering. We believe this system will provide an exceptional level of healthcare for Toyota's team members," said Wise Provider Networks' president, Allison Robbins. "This combination of on-site resources, coupled with a wide and deep referral network, is an ideal solution for Toyota."

"We are extremely honored to have this opportunity to expand our valued relationship with Toyota to include our first Primary Care center with them," said I-trax's chief executive officer, R. Dixon Thayer. "We believe that delivering primary care and preventive services at the workplace provides our clients with a powerful employee benefit that delivers convenient access to high-quality healthcare for employees, retirees and their families while providing cost savings for the individual as well as the company."

About CHD Meridian Healthcare

CHD Meridian Healthcare, an I-trax company, is the leading provider of integrated workplace health and productivity management solutions. Serving nearly 100 clients at over 210 locations nationwide, CHD Meridian offers on-site health centers, which deliver primary care, acute care corporate health, occupational health and pharmacy care management services as well as integrated disease management, wellness and lifestyle management programs. CHD Meridian provides a comprehensive solution utilizing telephonic and e-health tools to enhance the trusted relationship established by its clinicians at the worksite. CHD Meridian is focused on helping companies achieve employer of choice status, making the workplace safe, improving the quality of care and the productivity of the workforce while mitigating healthcare costs. Managing employer-sponsored health centers for over 40 years, some of CHD Meridian Healthcare's clients include: BMW, Blue Ridge Paper, Coors Brewing Company, Coushatta Casino Resort, DENSO Manufacturing Michigan, Deutsche Bank, Eastman Chemical, Fieldale Farms, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Lowe's, Toyota, UnumProvident and US Steel. For more information, visit http://www.chdmeridian.com/ .

Safe Harbor Statement: This news release may contain "forward-looking statements" with the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including those risks detailed in I-trax's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be read in light of these risks.

Source: I-trax, Inc.

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