Phoenix, AZ, March 19, 2009 – Preferred Therapy Providers, Inc. (PREFERRED), the largest centrally managed contracting and marketing resource for private practice physical, occupational, and speech therapy clinics in the United States, recently announced a three year renewal of their agreement with Aetna of Arizona and California.

“We believe that the most important step in delivering value to our network providers is in having strong payor relationships that allow our network providers to provide quality physical, occupational, and speech language therapy services throughout the country”, said Christy Beauchamp, Vice-President of PREFERRED.

Founded in 1992 and based in Phoenix, Arizona, PREFERRED's business model allows flexibility in contracting between private practitioners and various health plans and organizations. PREFERRED assumes responsibility for primary source verification of all practitioner elements required by nationally recognized and accepted standards, thereby reducing time, cost, and paperwork for both the PPO and provider. Currently, PREFERRED has over 1,100 clinics in 35 states and over 2,700 individual therapists, serving more than 60 million members.

For more information contact Preferred Therapy Providers, Inc. at (800) 664-5240 or visit the company’s website at www.preferredtherapy.com.

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PREFERRED assumes responsibility for primary source verification of all practitioner elements required by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), thereby reducing time, cost, and paperwork for both the PPO and provider.

Currently, the PREFERRED Network consists of over 1100 locations in 35 states, representing more than 2700 physical, occupational, and speech, therapists, and serving more than 60 million members.

For more information, contact PREFERRED Therapy Providers, Inc. at (800) 664-5240 or visit the company's Web site at www.preferredtherapy.com.