EMSC Announces National Provider Agreement with Universal Health Services; New Ambulance Contract in Monterey, Calif

Business Wire, July 28, 2008

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. -- Emergency Medical Services Corporation (NYSE: EMS) (the "Company") today announced that it has entered into an agreement as a national provider of hospital-based physician services (emergency department, hospitalist and radiology), and ground and fixed-wing air ambulance transportation services to Universal Health Services, Inc. ("UHS") facilities. UHS is one of the nation's leading healthcare management companies, and through its subsidiaries, owns and operates more than 154 acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and radiation oncology centers.

Under the agreement, UHS facilities may contract for services individually with one or more EMSC company, including EmCare Inc., American Medical Response, Inc., and Air Ambulance Specialists, Inc. UHS facilities will benefit from preferred pricing for certain services provided under the expanded relationship.

William A. Sanger, EMSC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are very pleased with our new arrangement with UHS. EmCare has been a contracted service provider to UHS for 10 years. This agreement further demonstrates the value we can provide to healthcare facilities through EMSC's broad scale and scope of services. Over time, we hope to increase both the number of UHS facilities we serve and the breadth of services to each."

In a separate agreement, the Company announced that its American Medical Response (AMR) segment has entered into an agreement with Monterey County, California, to provide 9-1-1 emergency and non-emergency ambulance services. The one-year agreement, which commences September 1, 2008, is expected to contribute approximately 19,000 transports and $15 million in new revenue.

About Emergency Medical Services Corporation

Emergency Medical Services Corporation (EMSC) is a leading provider of emergency medical services in the United States. EMSC operates two business segments: American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR), the Company's healthcare transportation services segment, and EmCare Holdings, Inc. (EmCare), the Company's emergency department and hospital-based management services segment. AMR is the leading provider of ambulance services in the United States. EmCare is the nation's leading provider of outsourced emergency department staffing and related management services. In 2007, EMSC provided services to 10.6 million patients in more than 2,000 communities nationwide. EMSC is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

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