Millennium Laboratories Announces National Pain Management Services Agreement with Three Rivers Provider Network

SAN DIEGO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Millennium Laboratories, a leading provider of therapeutic drug monitoring and education to physicians and staff treating chronic pain patients, announced today an agreement with Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN), the largest and fastest growing proprietary Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) network in the United States. The agreement names Millennium Laboratories as a participating provider of pain management services for the TRPN network that is comprised of more than 550,000 total providers, including greater than 5,000 hospitals and 70,000 ancillary facilities. The agreement allows Millennium Laboratories to provide pain management services in every state in which TRPN operates.

“We're pleased to announce this relationship with Millennium Laboratories.”

"The agreement facilitates the availability of quality pain management services to our participating physicians," said Todd Breeden, Chief Operating Officer of Three Rivers Provider Network. "We're pleased to announce this relationship with Millennium Laboratories."

James Slattery, Millennium Laboratories CEO, commented, "We have a strong track record of providing pain management services to insurance organizations and to physicians. Our agreement with Three Rivers Provider Network is the fifth network provider agreement Millennium has signed with a major U.S. insurer in the last half of this year. Given Three Rivers’ prominence in the health benefits arena, this contract further validates Millennium’s leadership in the field of therapeutic drug monitoring. We are extremely proud that they selected Millennium as a participating provider.”

About Three Rivers Provider Network

Founded in 1996, Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN) has evolved into the largest, most comprehensive and fastest-growing proprietary PPO network in the United States. The TRPN network is now comprised of more than 550,000 total providers, including greater than 5,000 hospitals and 70,000 ancillary facilities. Through the company’s clients, approximately 14 million lives have access to the TRPN PPO network.

TRPN offers a single entry point for national PPO coverage that helps payors better manage their healthcare costs. In addition, TRPN offers a national Workers’ Compensation network as well as an Auto Liability network. TRPN is committed to maintaining a quality product with superior levels of service that result in increased choices for members and more value for their healthcare dollars spent. For more information, visit the website at www.trpnppo.com

About Millennium Laboratories

Founded in 2007 in America's biotech capital, San Diego, Millennium Laboratories is rapidly becoming the Urine Drug Testing (UDT) resource of choice for physicians and staff focused on the treatment of chronic pain. Millennium Laboratories provides the fastest turn-around time in the industry for drug test reporting and final confirmation of results because the company is the only major Urine Testing Laboratory exclusively utilizing the latest cutting-edge technology Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The company is also the only major Urine Drug Testing Laboratory licensed as a training facility for Toxicology Scientists.

Certified, state-of-the-art advanced training at Millennium’s 40,000 sq. ft. campus is an integral component of the University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) doctoral program in Pharmacy. Led by Laboratory Director Amadeo Pesce, Ph.D., world-renowned Toxicologist and author, the Millennium Laboratories team are experts in mass spectrometry and high throughput chemistry. The company has developed proprietary methodologies that provide the fastest reliable urine drug testing (UDT) confirmations in the nation, usually within one business day. For more information, visit the Millennium Laboratories website, www.becausepainmatters.com