Health Care Management Administrators, Third Party, Medical Claims, Employee Benefit At Group and Pensions Administrators

GPA ANNOUNCES OPERATIONAL TEAM APPOINTMENTS
Madalyn Straughan now VP of Operations; Dana Gonyer joins as Director of Claims

January 22, 2009 (Dallas, TX) Group & Pension Administrators, Inc., (GPA) one of the largest third-party benefit administrators in the Southwestern United States, today announced operational team appointments. Madalyn Straughan has been named Vice President of Operations and Dana Gonyer has joined as the Company's Director of Claims.

"Madalyn and Dana bring a wealth of healthcare experience and knowledge to their respective positions," said Kathy Enochs, GPA COO. "Their leadership will be a great asset to us and our customers as we strive to deliver exceptional custom health care benefit management solutions."

Madalyn Straughan brings significant leadership, experience and customer commitment to her new executive position, in which she holds overall responsibility for GPA's Administration, 125 Pension, Customer Service and Claims departments. An industry veteran, Ms. Straughan has been with GPA for more than 10 years and in the claims business for 28, doing everything from the ground up. She has also served as the Director of GPA's Houston Branch Office since it opened in 1999 and, most recently, served as the Company's Director of Claims.

Dana Gonyer is responsible for overseeing Claims and Stop-Loss operations. She comes to GPA with an abundance of leadership experience specific to TPA operations. Before joining GPA, Ms. Goyner worked with BenefitPlanners and provided valuable leadership through that organization's transition first to FiServ Health and subsequently URM under the United Health Care umbrella. In her most recent position as a Director at URM, she was responsible for 100 clients and 30,000 lives. Her operational oversight included everything from Claims Administration to Customer Service. Prior to her tenure at UMR, she served as a Senior Account Manager for the telecommunications company SITEL Corporation. She formerly was a member of the Professional Teleservices Management Association (PTMA).

About Group & Pension Administrators, Inc.
Group & Pension Administrators, Inc. (GPA) is the largest independently owned third-party administrator (TPA) in the Southwest, providing highest-quality and custom healthcare benefit management solutions to self-insured employers. For 40 years, GPA has combined its value of service excellence with a commitment to clients, employing industry-leading technology, tools and -- above all -- "high-touch" patient care to deliver the healthiest employees and the "healthiest" bottom line.

Contact Information:

Kathy Enochs
GPA
972.744.2445

Regional Office - San Antonio, TX
5803 Sebastian Place, San Antonio, TX 78249
210.691.0500 phone • 800.594.3973 toll-free

Group & Pension Administrators, Inc.
Park Central 8, 12770 Merit Drive, 2nd Floor, Dallas, TX 75251
972.238.7900 phone • 800.827.7223 toll-free

Regional Office - Houston, TX
10101 Southwest Fwy, Suite 210, Houston, TX 77074
713.355.1225 phone • 877.850.3373 toll-free

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