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Comprehensive Health Services Awarded Nissan Contract

CHS to Provide Workforce Health Services to Over 14,000
Nissan Employees in Four Locations

VIENNA, VA – November 1, 2006 – Comprehensive Health Services (CHS), a nationwide workforce health company, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide onsite health services for Nissan North America at four locations.

CHS, who competed against six national occupational health and wellness firms to win the Nissan contract, will provide site-specific medical services including onsite physician services, wellness and health promotion programs, rehabilitation, and case management programs to Nissan’s employees at its onsite clinics located in Smyrna, Tenn.; Decherd, Tenn.; Canton, Miss.; and the new North American headquarters in Franklin, Tenn., when construction is completed in 2008.

“We’re very proud to be working with Nissan on a proactive approach to health in the workplace,” said James Mitchell, executive vice president of CHS. “Onsite Health Centers are quickly becoming an essential means of reducing health care costs and taking better care of employees.”

At each Nissan location, CHS will begin with an analytical framework to customize the onsite programs, precisely matching needs with personnel. This in-depth analysis of Nissan’s workforce needs will enable CHS to make every onsite unit an ideal strategic fit from a business perspective. Onsite staff will then consist of tailor-made comprehensive medical teams of physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, case managers, physical and occupational therapists, and other workforce health professionals. Each medical team will manage quality control, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide a convenient workforce health solution for Nissan employees.

CHS will provide evidence-based best practices and regulatory compliance in key areas such as medical treatment for both work-related and non-work-related injuries and illnesses, preventive care, case management, fitness-for-duty, return to work, data management, pre-placement exams, medical surveillance and physical therapy.

To help manage the multi-site program, CHS will utilize PIHMSTM, a health and productivity management software program developed by KCRS, a software firm in Pittsburgh, PA.

The Smyrna facility, which employs 7,000, has the capacity to produce 550,000 vehicles per year. The Canton location has 4,300 employees and an annual production capacity of 400,000 vehicles. The Decherd facility employs approximately 1,400 employees. In the summer of 2006 Nissan North America relocated its corporate headquarters from Gardena, Calif., to the greater Nashville area. Construction of its new headquarters in Franklin, Tenn., will be completed in mid-2008.

About CHS
Founded in 1975, CHS is a nationwide leader in the design, implementation and management of outsourced occupational health and wellness programs. Serving Fortune 1000 corporations and the largest federal agencies, CHS delivers customized solutions for maintaining a healthier, more stable and productive workforce. With in-house medical professionals, a national network of CHS-certified physicians and health care providers, and a proactive approach fortified by a time-tempered foundation of best practices, CHS partners with its customers to provide flexible, performance-based workforce wellness and health programs that result in bottom line benefits across the organization. A member of the Founder’s Circle of the Occupational and Environmental Health Foundation, CHS also is a charter sponsor of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Corporate Health Achievement Award. For more information, visit the CHS web site at http://www.chsmedical.com.

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