Leading Colorado Immediate Care Provider NextCare Urgent Care now Accepting Cigna

Mesa, Ariz.(PRLEAP) June 2, 2006– NextCare (http://www.nextcare.com/), the world’s largest privately-owned provider of urgent care, announces that effective April 6, 2006, Cigna will be accepted at the following Colorado walk in care locations: Arvada, Stapleton and Aurora Highpoint. Each NextCare urgent care clinic sets industry standards by constantly evaluating service performance and improving the patient experience; NextCare aims to further build on its ability to serve patients with the addition of this accepted major insurance carrier.

The need for an alternative to overcrowded emergency rooms for those that are not facing life-threatening conditions led to NextCare’s founding in 1993. The urgent care clinic provides excellent customer service and medical care every day of the year. Cigna, covering 295,185 lives as of December 31, 2004, completes NextCare’s portfolio of all major insurance carriers in Colorado walk in care clinics that are accepted. As with all contracted insurances, CIGNA patients are required to pay their copay/deductible at the time of their visit. NextCare then bills the insurance company on behalf of the patient for the remaining balance.

NextCare opened its first clinic in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. Now in its thirteenth year, NextCare entered the Colorado market in a joint venture with Centura Health in October of 2005.

NextCare Colorado walk in care clinics are continuously focusing on their goal of providing families with compassionate, high quality healthcare at affordable prices. For patients either with no insurance or with plans that cover only catastrophic conditions, NextCare Colorado immediate care offers the ValueCare Medical Discount Program, which offers patients up to 50% off NextCare Services. ValueCare can be purchased online at (http://www.nextcare.com/) for the discounted price of $35, or at any NextCare clinic for $50.

By offering a wide variety of insurance options, the NextCare Colorado immediate care clinics provide patients an easier and more cost effective way to receive healthcare. Through this excellence in service, NextCare offers unsurpassed prompt and quality healthcare at each of its 26 locations, further setting this urgent care clinic apart from the rest.


About NextCare Urgent Care

NextCare Urgent Care (http://www.nextcare.com/) is the world’s largest privately owned provider of urgent care and occupational medical services, known for bringing together service-driven health care and innovative medical technology to the delivery of medicine. NextCare operates 26 urgent care facilities among Arizona, Colorado and North Carolina.