CCH Corporate Governance for Health Care Offers Practical, Comprehensive, Online Guidance

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., May 25, 2005) – Professionals concerned with corporate governance in a health care setting now have a practical, comprehensive online resource: CCH Corporate Governance Guide for Health Care from CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), a leading provider of health care law information and software and a Wolters Kluwer company (health.cch.com).

The CCH Corporate Governance Guide for Health Care provides full text reproduction of relevant laws; it also explains those laws, focusing on the day-to-day issues most vital to health care professionals. Most important, it lays out practical scenarios designed to help professionals develop sound corporate governance policies.

“Effective corporate governance and ethics programs are very much on the minds of legislators, regulators and prosecutors. They have to be on the minds of those responsible for running health care organizations, as well,” said Janeen Kopale, CCH marketing manager.

The Guide provides the full text plus an in-depth analysis of Sarbanes-Oxley and U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines and expanded coverage of government and internal investigations; disclosure and control procedures; and privileges and conflicts of interest issues as they apply to the health care provider market. Sample forms, policies and procedures assist in developing effective corporate governance and compliance programs. Also included are risk assessment tools, including a questionnaire designed to give an overview of organizational strengths and weaknesses with regard to corporate governance policies.

Availability and Pricing

For more information or to order call 888-224-7377 or visit health.cch.com. Price of a one-year, standalone subscription to the CCH Corporate Governance Guide for Health Care is $349.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATED is a leading provider of health care law information and software (health.cch.com). Headquartered in Riverwoods, Ill., CCH was founded in 1913 and has served more than four generations of professionals and their clients. CCH is a Wolters Kluwer company (www.wolterskluwer.com) and, with Aspen Publishers, is part of the Wolters Kluwer Legal unit.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading multinational publisher and information services company. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2004) of €3.3 billion, employs approximately 18,400 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its depositary receipts of shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.

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