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Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. Announces Contract Extension With Sedgwick County, Kansas

Posted on: Monday, 17 September 2007, 09:00 CDT

Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. (OTCBB:CMHM), a leading full-service provider of correctional facility healthcare services, today announced the extension of a medical services agreement with Sedgwick County, Kansas. The extension is for approximately $837,000 in additional annual services revenue beginning January 1, 2008, representing a 25.2% increase over terms in the initial agreement, bringing the potential value of the contract to $16.6 million through December 31, 2011.

The extension, effective June 1, 2007, extends the size and scope of the initial contract, and covers an initial two-year period through December 31, 2009, renewable thereafter for two one-year periods, through December 31, 2011. Conmed will provide medical services that include; medical, mental health, dental and other specialty health care services, plus related administrative support. Monthly revenue payable to Conmed under the agreement is also subject to potential annual increases and adjustments based on any temporary or unexpected expansion of the inmate population.

Richard W. Turner, President and CEO of Conmed stated, "Our organization is committed to partnering with counties in order to help efficiently manage the quality and costs of healthcare services that they provide to their correctional facility inmates. Conmed and Sedgwick County responded quickly and efficiently to expand the scope of the engagement in order to maintain the expected standards of quality for inmate healthcare. We look forward to adding to our outstanding track record as choice partners for counties to provide quality, value-based correctional healthcare services."

About Conmed

Conmed has provided correctional healthcare services since 1984, beginning in the state of Maryland, and currently services 21 detention centers and facilities at the county level throughout the United States. Conmed's services have expanded to include mental health, pharmacy and out-of-facility healthcare services.

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Source: Business Wire

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