TriServ Likely to Protest Decision

ATLANTA, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Defense has selected United
Health Military & Veterans Services, LLC to serve as the TRICARE provider for
the South Region. This decision comes at the completion of a process that has
gone on for well over a year.

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After a Wednesday debriefing from the TRICARE Management Activity, TriServ
will review all available information and likely file a formal bid protest
with the government in an effort to reverse the Defense Department's decision.

"It is difficult to understand the logic of the process that brought the
Department of Defense to this conclusion." Charlie Abell, TriServ's CEO said,
"The robustness of our provider network and our competitive pricing proposal,
combined with the excellent past performance of our owner companies makes our
loss very hard to accept. We remain hopeful that the decision will be
reversed and the contract awarded to TriServ, thereby protecting the military
beneficiary's access to the highest quality, most affordable health care."

TriServ Alliance, LLC is an independent, community based company created to
serve those who serve: military health care beneficiaries in the South Region,
which includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, portions of Kentucky,
adjacent to Fort Campbell, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and all but extreme western Texas. TriServ is headquartered in
Atlanta Georgia, and will have local offices in Jackson, Mississippi;
Jacksonville, Florida; and San Antonio, Texas.

SOURCE TriServ Alliance, LLC

John Molino, SVP, Corporate Communication, TriServ Alliance, LLC,
+1-404-952-1475, john.molino@triserv.net