Rehabilitation Network Will Provide Outpatient Services For American Health Synergy, American PPO and Universal SmartComp


(Calabasas, Calif. – August 12, 2004) – PTPN, the country’s first and largest network of independent rehabilitation providers, announced today that it will provide outpatient rehabilitation services for three national healthcare companies: American Health Synergy, American PPO and Universal SmartComp. 

“We look forward to joining forces with these prestigious organizations to provide their patients with convenient access to the best quality outpatient rehabilitation care,” said PTPN President & CEO Michael Weinper, MPH, PT. 

“PTPN practitioners provide true value for both patients and payers. Our expertise enables patients to thoroughly recover from illnesses and injuries within an optimum time frame.”

American Health Synergy and Universal SmartComp are both workers’ compensation companies that will direct their clients’ injured workers to PTPN providers for rehabilitation services. PTPN’s contract with American PPO, a preferred provider network focused in the southern United States, covers rehabilitation services for group health insurance.

PTPN is the only rehabilitation network with an ongoing quality assurance program that regularly audits providers and measures patient satisfaction, monitoring that utilization of services is appropriate to the patient’s medical needs. PTPN practitioners 
must pass the strictest credentialing standards in the industry, which exceed those required by the National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and often those required by state licensing, Medicare and community standards.

About American Health Synergy: American Health Synergy is a workers’ compensation outsourcing company that provides clients with scheduling and case supervision along with its network of preferred providers. American Health

synergy clients include leading workers’ compensation insurers and third-party administrators, as well as self-insured employers. For more information, call 615-254-2211.

About American PPO: American PPO, Inc. is a Preferred Provider Organization for the Arkansas Region, extending into the surrounding states of Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and Missouri. With over 8,500 physicians, 225 hospitals and 13,000 ancillary service providers, its quality provider network offers comprehensive network coverage second to none in the Arkansas region and is especially noteworthy for its comprehensive and growing national network of ancillary providers in virtually all categories of services For more information, call 877-223-3372 or go to: www.americanppo.com.

About Universal SmartComp: Universal SmartComp specializes in medical coordination and cost containment of workers’ compensation injuries. Its current client base consists of insurance carriers, employers (fully insured and self-insured), national managed care companies and agents/brokers. For more information, call 724-745-5611 or go to: www.universalsmartcomp.com.

About PTPN: PTPN is the first and largest specialty network of rehabilitation therapists in independent practice. It has led the rehabilitation industry in pioneering national contracting, capitation, and quality assurance programs since 1985. The network has more than 1,100 provider offices (including physical, occupational and speech therapists) in 23 states. PTPN contracts with most of the major managed care organizations in the nation including insurers, workers’ compensation companies, PPOs, HMOs, medical groups, and IPAs. Only offices that are owned and operated by rehabilitation therapists can be members of the network.

For more information about PTPN, call Stephen Moore at (818) 737-0246 or visit PTPN on the Internet at: www.PTPN.com.