OTN Appoints Rebecca M. Shanahan President, OTN Specialty Services

Seasoned Healthcare Executive to Lead OTN's National Specialty Pharmacy

South San Francisco, CA -- February 22, 2007 -- OTN, a leading physician services company and one of the largest distributors of products and services to the community physician market, today announced the appointment of Rebecca M. Shanahan as president of OTN Specialty Services, including leadership of ivpcare, OTN's national specialty pharmacy, and responsibility for OTN's disease management platform. Ms. Shanahan will join OTN effective February 26.
 
"Rebecca is a skilled healthcare executive with 20 years of experience in the hospital, physician, pharmacy, home infusion, distribution and manufacturer services channels," said John Amos, president and CEO of OTN. "Her extensive background will be invaluable in driving the strategic direction of ivpcare while ensuring its outstanding reputation of unparalleled service."
 
Ms. Shanahan joins ivpcare from Aetna Specialty Pharmacy, where she served as executive vice president and general manager. In that position, she was responsible for operations, sales, marketing, revenue growth, profitability and corporate development. Prior to that, she held several positions at Priority Healthcare Corporation, most recently as executive vice president, strategic ventures. Before that, Ms Shanahan served as vice president, managed care, business development and program planning, for the University of Chicago Hospitals, Faculty Practice Plan and Health Systems. While leading managed care and business development for the University of Chicago Hospitals and Faculty Practice Plan, the institution achieved the third-highest managed care revenue structure among all national academic teaching healthcare systems.
 
"I am looking forward to working with the OTN and ivpcare management teams to help further grow the business of distributing and dispensing specialty pharmaceuticals, delivering disease management support solutions and providing value-added services for patients, physicians, managed care organizations and manufacturers in the chronic care setting," said Ms. Shanahan. "ivpcare has an outstanding reputation for customer service and competitive pricing, as well as patient education, patient assistance, coordination of care with physicians and drug therapy management programs in a variety of therapeutic areas. These programs positively impact patient adherence to medications and, in turn, improve the health and quality of life of patients with chronic illnesses while reducing healthcare costs."
 
Earlier in her career, Ms. Shanahan served as a consultant with the Shanahan Group, where she negotiated mergers and acquisitions of hospitals, physician groups, pharmaceutical and related healthcare services and business franchisers. As senior vice president of Methodist Health Group and chief administrative officer of the Methodist Medical Group, she managed joint ventures among Methodist and Indiana University Hospitals and the Methodist and IU Medical Staffs in Ambulatory Outpatient campuses and an integrated IPA that was responsible for globally capitated risk products. She also previously served as vice president, general counsel and secretary for Community Hospitals of Indiana.
 
Ms. Shanahan is a member of the board of directors of Sanovia, Inc., a privately-held utilization management software company. Previously, she served on the boards of directors of Priority Healthcare, Naryx, Inc., a privately-held drug development company, and Indiana Medacom, a private company focusing on physician electronic medical records. She holds a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law and a B.S. from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

OTN is an industry-leading oncology services company that provides oncology drugs, supportive care products and related supplies to more than 2,400 office-based oncology practices in the United States, comprising more than 4,000 physicians.  OTN was recognized as one of InformationWeek's top 500 companies in 2003 and 2004 and was honored with Frost & Sullivan's 2005 Customer Value Enhancement Award in recognition of its role in advancing cancer care in the community-based setting.  OTN continues to develop innovative technology solutions to help oncology practices improve practice efficiency, minimize costs and maximize revenues.  OTN is dedicated to helping community-based oncology practices extend and enhance the lives of people with cancer by offering the highest level of customer service and a knowledgeable support staff.  For more information, please visit http://www.myOTN.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.