COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICE COVERAGE UPDATE

JOURDANTON, TX (JUNE 15, 2009)— South Texas Regional Medical Center understands your need for increased availability of quality healthcare options within your local area. As an informed consumer, access to information like hospital’s rating for quality indicators, patient satisfaction and changes regarding accepted insurance payers; play an important part in solid decision for your medical needs.

Below is a public update (6/15/2009) regarding the list of accepted insurance payers accepted by South Texas Regional Medical Center. STRMC accepts most major payers including, but not limited to:

• Medicare
• Medicare Advantage Plans
• Medicaid, Medicaid HMOs
• United Health Care
• BCBS
• Aetna
• Humana
• Cigna
• Texas True Choice
• Community First PPO & HMO
• Great West
• Unicare
• *Most CHIPS and commercial payers

*Please call us if you have questions about your insurance coverage for your services at our facility.

On June 18, 2009, CMS and HQA will release the next wave of public reporting on Hospital Compare, http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov for Core Measures and HCAHPS (Patient Satisfaction). The new period to be posted reflects reporting from 4th quarter 2007 to 3rd quarter 2008. For more information about STRMC, please visit us online at www.strmc.com.