CareCentrix chooses Overland Park for new location

Home Health Benefits Management Company Expands as Demand for Services Increases

Overland Park, Kansas – August 18, 2009 – CareCentrix, Inc., the nation’s leading home health benefits manager, has chosen Overland Park for their new operations center. The new center anticipates hiring up to 150 personnel within two years.

The Overland Park City Council provided consent approval at last night’s City Council meeting for CareCentrix to lease approximately 25,000 square feet on the Sprint-Nextel world headquarters campus. Final real estate transactions are being completed with an anticipated move-in date of October 1, 2009. CareCentrix joins Apria Healthcare as the latest health care-related business to sublease space on the campus at 119th Street and Nall Avenue.

“Health care-related businesses represent an increasingly important segment of our local and regional economy and that is further evidenced by Care Centrix choosing the community ,” said Lavern Squier, Senior Vice President of the Overland Park Economic Development Council.

CareCentrix, Inc. is home health benefits manager with a nationwide network of home care delivery providers and operations centers in four states. They work with patients, their caregivers and physicians in advance of discharge to execute a personalized plan which coordinates all aspects of care in the home, including skilled nursing, home infusion services, respiratory services and durable medical equipment.

For more information on CareCentrix, Inc., visit www.carecentrix.com. The mission of the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Council is to attract, expand and retain the Overland Park business base. For more information on the Economic Development Council, call (913) 491-3600 or visit www.opedc.org.