PacifiCare Health Systems To Present At UBS Health Services Conference

CYPRESS, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. announced today that Greg Scott, chief financial officer, is scheduled to give a presentation at the UBS Health Services Conference at the Plaza Hotel in New York on Tuesday, February 15, 2005.

PacifiCare is scheduled to present at 3:30 PM Eastern Time. A live webcast will be available at http://www.pacificare.com/, and may be accessed through the Investor Relations site, by clicking on the Investor Presentations page.

PacifiCare Health Systems is one of the nation’s largest consumer health organizations with more than 3 million health plan members and approximately 10 million specialty plan members nationwide. PacifiCare offers individuals, employers and Medicare beneficiaries a variety of consumer-driven health care and life insurance products. Currently, more than 99 percent of PacifiCare’s commercial health plan members are enrolled in plans that have received Excellent Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). PacifiCare’s specialty operations include behavioral health, dental and vision, and complete pharmacy benefit management through its wholly owned subsidiary, Prescription Solutions. More information on PacifiCare Health Systems is available at http://www.pacificare.com/.

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CONTACT: Investor Relations, Dan Yarbrough of PacifiCare Health Systems,Inc., +1-714-226-3540