ivpcare joins Tufts Health Plan Specialty Pharmacy Network

Frisco, Texas - As of April 15, 2004, ivpcare joins Tufts Health Plan Specialty Pharmacy Network. ivpcare can now service Tufts Health Plan's members and participating physicians for the treatment of infertility. ivpcare offers infertility patients services such as a comprehensive product line, outstanding customer attention, pharmacy benefit investigations, free overnight delivery, free injection supplies, and a patient education CD which includes injection training and information regarding the fundamentals of infertility topics.

About Tufts Health Plan

Tufts Health Plan is one of the country's largest health plans and has been cited for its outstanding quality from a variety of third parties. Since 1996, Tufts Health Plan's HMO has been ranked, "Highest in Overall Member Satisfaction Among Health Plans in Boston", by J.D. Power and Associates*. Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization, Inc., Total Health Plan, Inc. and Secure Horizons, Tufts Health Plan for Seniors, have been given Excellent NCQA status. Most recently, the plan was named one of the top 15 accredited health plans in the nation in the HEDIS® Effectiveness of Care Measure in the 2002 State of Health Care Quality Report **. (www.tuftshealthplan.com)

ivpcare is the largest privately held national specialty pharmacy offering clinical services and distribution of pharmaceuticals developed for chronic therapeutic indications.  ivpcare provides comprehensive programs for patients, physicians, payors and pharmaceutical manufacturers for a growing number of disease states including hepatitis C, infertility, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and others.  Headquartered in Frisco, Texas, ivpcare has distribution facilities there, as well as in Torrance, Calif., St. Louis, Mo., and Wilmington, Mass.

*J.D. Power and Associates 2002 Managed Care Satisfaction Study SM based on responses from 27,332 commercial health plan members in 16 of the top U.S. markets. Tufts Health Plan HMO was the highest ranked health plan in the Boston market which covers Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties in the state of Massachusetts. 1996, 1998, and 2000 studies conducted by CareData (acquired by J.D. Power and Associates in 2001). www.jdpower.com

** HEDIS is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)