Catalina Health Resource Announces Tommy Thompson as Chairman of New Advisory Council

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 25  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Catalina Marketing Corporation (NYSE:POS) has announced that the former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tommy G. Thompson, has agreed to chair the newly formed Health Education and Patient Privacy Advisory Council under the auspices of Catalina's Health Resource division.  In this role, Thompson, a partner at law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Akin Gump), will advise the company on the establishment of the Council in addition to acting as the panel's independent chairman.

"I see this collaboration with Catalina as a continuation of my personal, long-standing commitment to empowering individuals to have greater control over their own healthcare decisions," said Secretary Thompson.  "A critical way to achieve this goal is by providing patients with straightforward access to important healthcare information."

"During the four years that Secretary Thompson served at Health and Human Services, he was the nation's leading advocate for the health and well-being of all Americans," said Craig H. Scott, president of Catalina Health Resource. "Providing meaningful patient health education is the mission of our business, and the opportunity for us to work with Secretary Thompson and gain from his insights will undoubtedly benefit millions of Americans."

Catalina's new Health Education and Patient Privacy Advisory Council will focus on initiatives that benefit patients by providing them with information that leads to more informed decisions about their healthcare while also preserving their privacy.  The company's signature healthcare communication product, called PATIENTLink(TM), is a printed health media communication that is distributed to patients with over one billion prescriptions each year via retail pharmacies throughout the United States. Through PATIENTLink(TM), Catalina Health Resource partners with leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, retail pharmacy chains and government agencies to deliver public health communication that promotes prescription compliance, educates patients about their medical conditions and encourages patients to discuss therapy options with their healthcare professionals.

About Catalina Marketing Corporation and Catalina Health Resource

Based in St. Petersburg, FL, Catalina Marketing Corporation ( http://www.catalinamarketing.com/ ) and its healthcare division, Catalina Health Resource, are leading providers of communications and targeted media based on de-identified purchase and prescription histories. This provides healthcare and other companies the ability to conduct educational programs that provide patients and consumers with relevant, meaningful information. Catalina Health Resource offers an array of direct-to-patient and direct-to- consumer information vehicles that allow individuals and families to make more informed decisions about their healthcare.  The company's products are fully compliant with the important privacy protection requirements found in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

About Akin Gump

Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a leading international law firm, numbers more than 900 lawyers with offices in Austin, Brussels, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, Philadelphia, Riyadh (affiliate), San Antonio, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington. The firm has a diversified practice and represents regional, national and international clients in a wide range of areas, including antitrust; appellate; banking and finance; capital markets; communications and information technology; corporate and securities; corporate governance; employee benefits; energy; entertainment and media; environmental; estate planning, wealth transfer and probate; financial restructuring; global security; government contracts; health; insurance; intellectual property; international trade; investment funds; labor and employment; land use; litigation; mergers and acquisitions; private equity; privatization; project development and finance; public law and policy; real estate development and finance; Russia/CIS; tax; and technology.

Certain statements in the preceding paragraphs are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. Statements not based on historic facts involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the changing market for promotional activities, especially as it relates to policies and programs of packaged goods and pharmaceutical manufacturers and retailers, government and regulatory statutes, rules, regulations and policies, the effect of economic and competitive conditions and seasonal variations, actual promotional activities and programs with the company's customers, the pace of installation of the company's store network, the success of new services and businesses and the pace of their implementation, the company's ability to maintain favorable client relationships, the outcome and impact of an ongoing SEC investigation into certain of the company's prior fiscal years, and the outcome and impact of the pending shareholder class action and derivative lawsuits. 

DATASOURCE: Catalina Marketing Corporation



CONTACT:  Nicole Andriso, Public Relations Manager of Catalina Marketing

Corporation, [phone]; or Kristen M. White, Communications Manager of

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, [phone]



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