Paradigm Management Services Promotes Thomas Schell to Senior Vice President of Sales, National Accounts

CONCORD, CA--(Marketwire - May 5, 2009) - Paradigm Management Services, the nation's leading provider of catastrophic medical management services, today promoted Thomas Schell to Senior Vice President of Sales, National Accounts. He will continue to build upon a successful 11 year career at Paradigm by managing client relationships and developing new business.

Previously, Schell co-founded Meridian Occupational Healthcare Associates, an operator of outsourced on-site occupational medicine, primary care, and corporate health and pharmacy clinics throughout the nation. He has also served as the Vice President and Senior Workers Compensation Claims Officer for Crum & Forster Insurance, where he was responsible for $350 million in annual paid claims and $650 million in reserves in 22 regions. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer of the National Workers Compensation Reinsurance Pool.

"This well-deserved promotion recognizes the significant contributions Tom has made to our organization," said Paradigm President Kevin Fleming. "His stellar reputation within the industry, long-standing client relationships, and strong sales performance have helped Paradigm become a premier service provider. It is a privilege to recognize his loyalty and success."

"As exciting as it has been contributing to Paradigm's growth since 1998," said Schell, "I'm looking forward to surpassing those accomplishments in the coming years. With industry leading medical and financial results, I find more and more executives are eager to learn about our services. And since Paradigm is the only company to guarantee outcomes, I'm proud to offer them solutions and stand by my commitments."

Schell earned a bachelor's degree in marketing with Honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation, and taught the CPCU Business Law course at the Insurance School of Chicago. He serves as a founding member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Workers Comp Professionals, Inc.

About Paradigm Management Services, LLC

Paradigm Management Services provides catastrophic and complex case management services for traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations, burns, wounds and chronic pain. As the nation's leading provider of complex and catastrophic medical management in the workers' compensation industry, Paradigm achieves 5x better medical outcomes and lowers total costs by 36%. Paradigm accomplishes this by bringing together nationally recognized doctors and specialists, the best network of care facilities in the country, and nearly 20 years of clinical data to guide decisions. For more information, visit www.paradigmcorp.com.

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