PERFORMAX identified the IHS employee wellness program as providing
innovative and proactive steps for employers to take in battling rapidly
rising health care costs.
Joseph O'Brien, IHS President, explains, "The IHS program attacks employee
health conditions on three fronts: health status discovery; participant
education; and health condition control and management. During health status
discovery, we perform a broad array of tests to discover prevalent health
conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, asthma and
back pain.

Her company subscribes to multiple list servers and websites with
international, up-to-date health and safety information.
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She has spent her
career collecting and tracking world-wide travel health information .

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-- Nearly 70 percent of conditions requiring health care are
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This release was issued through eReleases(TM). "Blanket travel health information is not wise for people going to
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The result is a workforce that is healthier, more productive and
satisfied.

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Passport Health's diverse services include on-site flu clinics and
bioterrorism response.

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Many industry specialists predict that
wellness programs can provide companies with a 3-to-1 return on investment.

-- If health screenings were offered on-site in the
workplace, 78 percent of employees would take advantage
of them.

About PERFORMAX
PERFORMAX is a national developer , manager and administrator of self-
funded employee health and benefit plans.

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Canova, President and CEO of PERFORMAX, stated, "As companies
explore strategies to combat rising health benefit costs , employee health
screening is emerging as an employer's best new weapon against direct health
care costs - as well as against indirect costs such as lost productivity and
employee absenteeism. For more information,
visit http://www.

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By the Numbers
Recent research supports the value of worksite health screenings:

-- Lost productivity accounts for 80 percent of the cost of
employee health problems.ereleases.30 to 40 percent of Passport Health's 65,000 clients went to Southeast Asia in
2005

BALTIMORE, Passport Health's national headquarters
in Baltimore reports that its business grew to approximately 65,000 travel
health client visits in 2005, with approximately 30 to 40 percent of clients
traveling to Southeast Asia. military, Post Office and Federal employees, as well as providing
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citizens in 2004, with 1.
Founded in 1994, Passport Health is the largest private purchaser of
vaccinations in the United States , second only to the Federal Government.

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For more
information on PERFORMAX, visit us at http://www .

About IHS
IHS is a leading provider of worksite health evaluation services. Not only do travelers to China need a flu
shot, she adds "they need careful protection from food and waterborne
illnesses, as well as mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, depending on
their specific destination and whether it's rainy season. Lessans.
Passport Health, a chain of more than 100 offices nationwide, is a travel
health and immunization center, which provides customized travel health
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PERFORMAX consultants help small and
middle-market employers custom-design long-term, strategic solutions to their
health and prescription benefit requirements. This correlates with the State Department's
statistics that China was the number six international destination for U. "As China welcomes more U.

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PERFORMAX and Interactive Health Solutions Form Alliance

And through an
array of follow-up services, IHS intervenes to avert medical claims before
they happen. We prepare employee health reports within 48 hours of testing, then
provide personalized online and telephone consultation and email information
programs on topics including smoking cessation, personal fitness, nutrition
and weight loss. Through
a proven process that allows employees to discover their current health
status, educate themselves about their conditions, and manage their health,
IHS provides employees with a proactive method of becoming and staying
healthy.

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-- More than 40 percent of employees who take part in health
screenings exercise more and eat healthier - activities
that are certain to reduce employers' health care costs. For example,
travelers to Nepal need to take precautions against altitude sickness, whereas
Chinese cities are polluted from wood and coal burning, which is very
irritating to the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth. Lessans, whose goal is to prevent travel
illness.

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The result is a
significant, positive impact on the corporate bottom line.
An important health concern is that flu season occurs year-round in most
of China and peaks in southern China from April through November, just as
travel season heats up, according to travel health specialist and Passport
Health CEO Fran Lessans, RN, MS.

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Employee Wellness Program Helps Companies Control Health Care Costs

BALTIMORE, PERFORMAX, a Baltimore-based national
developer, manager and administrator of employee health benefit plans, and
Interactive Health Solutions (IHS), a national leader in employee wellness
programs, have formed an alliance, under which IHS will provide worksite
health screenings, follow-up consultation, and education to PERFORMAX
participants.com.

PERFORMAX CONTACT:

Donna Hofmeister
410-986-2018
dhofmeister@getperformax.

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Averting Medical Claims
Through on-site screenings and health risk assessments, HIS helps
participants identify health issues of which they are unaware.com

IHS CONTACT:

Nancy Brantner
847-754-2650
n.brantner@interactivehs .S.

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PERFORMAX has offices stretching
from coast to coast and plan participants throughout the U.S . visitors, people need to learn more
about the country before embarking there," says Ms.

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Wellness programs are increasingly sought after as
an effective cost management tool. The IHS program is a proven approach to controlling
health care costs by helping employees get and stay healthy.8 million American travelers."
North and South China's two very different climates pose different
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This intervention is direct with the participant and
confidential; however, in terms of creating a healthier work force, the
results speak volumes.S.