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-- Integrated health care model allows for earlier intervention and more coordinated care to better manage conditions and treatments --

HARTFORD, Conn. & WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE: FMS) today announced the launch of a joint program aimed at improving clinical outcomes and reducing costs by slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease in members and facilitating gentler, less costly transitions to dialysis or pre-transplant care.

Chronic kidney disease is the slow loss of kidney function over time and is often caused by diabetes or high blood pressure. The new patient-centric care program enhances coordination of care among specialists, primary care providers and nurses. Together, they identify members at risk and improve clinical management in earlier stages of kidney disease to help slow the progression to kidney failure. An important component of the program involves daily communication of the member’s biometric and health status through a wireless communication device that helps the care team identify, address or even prevent potentially serious complications.

"We believe the model will improve our members' quality of life by helping them and their doctors better manage the conditions contributing to or resulting from chronic kidney disease. If dialysis becomes necessary we want to help members begin dialysis with the lowest risk for complications,” says Roger London, M.D., Aetna’s Northeast Region medical director.

Often people do not know they have chronic kidney disease because the kidneys may slowly stop working over 10 - 20 years before end-stage disease -- kidney failure – results. Kidney failure often involves an abrupt hospitalization to control complications and to start dialysis. Better coordination, education, planning and awareness of dialysis options provided through the program can help members begin dialysis treatment on a safer, less costly outpatient basis.

A track-record of success

The program is modeled on Fresenius Health Partners’ successful five-year demonstration project with Medicare beneficiaries on dialysis. Concluded last year with the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the project resulted in health care costs 12 percent below the Medicare Advantage and four percent below the Medicare fee-for-service benchmarks for this population. At the same time patients in the program experienced overall improvement in clinical measures including a 24 percent improvement in the rate of mortality and a 20 percent reduction in all-cause hospitalization versus national benchmarks.

"Our company’s focus and expertise is comprehensive renal therapy management. As rates of diabetes, obesity and heart disease climb and threaten to dramatically increase the incident rates for renal disease, we want to assist payers, doctors and patients by providing the highest quality and most cost-effective care now," said Peter Sauer, president at Fresenius Health Partners.

“We value our business relationship with Fresenius Medical Care and the complementary capabilities they can provide to improve the care our members receive. We believe the new program is one more way we can increase value and quality within the health care system,” said Bill Stout, head of Aetna’s National Provider Contracting.

Aetna commercial and Medicare medical members in targeted Northeast markets currently have access to the new program. Additional expansion is expected throughout 2012.

About Aetna

Aetna is one of the nation's leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.4 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, see www.aetna.com.

About Fresenius Medical Care

Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE: FMS) is the world’s leading company devoted to patient-oriented renal therapy. Through more than 2,900 clinics in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa, we provide kidney dialysis treatments to approximately 228,000 patients worldwide. We are also the world's leading maker of dialysis products such as hemodialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposable products. Chronic kidney failure is a condition that affects about 2 million individuals worldwide. For more information about the company’s more than 1,800 U.S. dialysis facilities, visit www.ultracare-dialysis.com (in English and Spanish). For more information about Fresenius Medical Care, visit www.fmc-ag.com or www.fmcna.com.

Legal Disclaimer:

This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, including changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, and the availability of financing. These and other risks and uncertainties are detailed in Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.

AetnaTammy Arnold, 713-721-7891arnoldtd@aetna.comorFresenius Medical CareTom Graham, 781-699-2404

Source: Aetna and Fresenius Medical Care

Blending Operational and Customer Metrics Kicks Off New Educational Webcast Series

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) today announced that registration is open for its initial webinar as part of the organization’s complimentary 2012 educational webcast series for its members on a variety of customer experience management topics.

Open to all CXPA members, in this webinar CXPA co-founder and chair Bruce Temkin will share some results from recent Temkin Group research on how companies use customer experience metrics. Additionally, Ian Golding, former head of group customer experience at Shop Direct Group, the UK’s largest online and home shopping retailer, will provide insights into how Shop Direct uses Operational Measures Index (OMI) to track internal operations, and Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) to track customer feedback. Golding will also explain how Shop Direct operationalizes the use of its OMI and CSI.

One of the inaugural members of the CXPA’s Board of Directors, Golding is a customer experience and continuous improvement professional specializing in Lean Six Sigma methodologies to improve the customer experience profitably. With a background across multiple industries, Golding is also an internationally recognized conference speaker on customer experience strategies and measurement.

“One of the significant value-added benefits of being a CXPA member is being able to have access to peer-to-peer information along with insights from leading customer experience professionals in the field, like Ian,” noted Temkin.

The CXPA offers membership in two categories: Individual and Corporate. Individual Membership is for customer experience professionals in the field. Corporate Membership is open to companies, government agencies, non-profits, educational institutions, tool providers, and others offering goods and services related to the field of customer experience. Corporate Memberships provide an unlimited number of Individual Memberships to employees. Additional information about CXPA’s membership structure, benefits, and dues can be found at cxpa.org/join.

About CXPA

The Customer Experience Professionals Association is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of customer experience management best practices. It provides customer experience management professionals with educational and networking opportunities to help them succeed, and facilitates the industry-wide advancement of the discipline of customer experience management. The CXPA’s members include individuals who develop, manage, optimize, and envision how organizations interact with their customers. This community includes customer experience practitioners within companies, vendors who support customer experience efforts, and other stakeholders in the industry. Founded in April 2011, the CXPA has more than 60 Corporate Members and more than 1,000 customer experience professionals in its community. CXPA Gold Sponsors include Adobe, Confirmit, Medallia, RightNow Technologies, SapientNitro, Tealeaf Technology, Vivisimo, and Vovici, a Verint Systems company. Clarabridge, Inc., Corsential, Mattersight Corporation, and ResponseTek are CXPA Silver Sponsors. For more information, visit cxpa.org.

Customer Experience Professionals Association, CXPA, and the CXPA logo are trademarks of the Customer Experience Professionals Association.

CXPAJohn H. Ricciardone, +1-781-876-6285press@cxpa.org

Source: Customer Experience Professionals Association

WHITECAP FIRST NATION, SASKATCHEWAN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/10/12 -- The Government of Canada is partnering with SaskTel and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) to enhance Internet services in 68 communities. The Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification and Member of Parliament for Blackstrap, made the announcement on behalf of the Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, along with the Honourable Ken Cheveldayoff, the Saskatchewan Minister of First Nations and Metis Relations, and FSIN Vice Chief, Morley Watson, today at the Whitecap Dakota First Nation.

The primary beneficiaries of this initiative are the over 15,000 students in 89 on-reserve schools. In addition, these First Nations will also be better placed to bridge the digital divide and to access e-services in key areas such as healthcare, learning, business development and banking.

"Innovation in schools, including reliable access to the Internet, is an important tool to help First Nation students reach their full academic potential and acquire the knowledge and skills required to compete in today's labour market," said Minister Yelich.

The project is part of SaskTel's larger $300 million initiative to enhance their suite of services to rural customers throughout the province. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada will invest $11.6 million over five years, with SaskTel contributing technical, planning and in-kind services. SaskTel anticipates construction to be completed in 2014.

"SaskTel has focused on ensuring that First Nations in Saskatchewan have access to the best telecommunications infrastructure in Canada," said Ken Cheveldayoff, Minister of First Nations and Metis Relations on behalf of Bill Boyd, Minister responsible for SaskTel. "Upon completion of this project, telecommunications connectivity available to First Nations across Saskatchewan will be more comprehensive than anywhere else in Canada, and First Nation communities will have the broadband access necessary to fully participate in the social, educational and economic benefits of Canada's digital economy."

"This partnership will provide an equal opportunity to our First Nation schools to excel in academic success," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Vice Chief Morley Watson. "The project will provide the technology required for First Nation students to be prepared when they further their education and develop the skills needed to launch a career."

The announcement aligns with recommendations from the 2011 Senate report on First Nation education to increase connectivity in First Nation schools. It also addresses similar comments raised during the National Panel on First Nation Elementary and Secondary Education's engagement sessions.

The Government of Canada is committed to working with First Nation communities and is pleased to partner with SaskTel and the FSIN on this project.

This release is also available on the Internet at www.aandc.gc.ca.

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Contacts:
Minister's Office
Jan O'Driscoll
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable John Duncan
819-997-0002

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
Mervin Brass
Executive Director of Communications
Direct line: 306-956-1026
Cell: 306-220-7187
Mervin.Brass@fsin.com

Media Relations
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
819-953-1160

SaskTel
Michelle Englot
Director of External Communications
306-777-4476
michelle.englot@sasktel.com

Source: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/10/12 -- American Manganese Inc. ("American Manganese" or the "Company"), (TSX VENTURE: AMY)(PINKSHEETS: AMYZF)(FRANKFURT: 2AM), has established an updated release date for the NI-43-101 compliant preliminary feasibility report. The report is now scheduled for the later part of March 2012, as a significant amount of information from several independent commercial suppliers is being compiled for the report.

Pilot Plant Update

Mr. Larry W. Reaugh, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Manganese is pleased to announce that the results of the pilot plant study will be presented at the SME Annual Meeting held in Seattle, WA on February 20, 2012.

What: "Pilot Plant Operations for the Recovery of Manganese from Lower Grade
Resources at Artillery Peak, Arizona" (authored by Norman Chow, Dr. Gie Tan
and Dr. Anca Nacu of Kemetco Research, and John W. Fisher of American
Manganese.)

Where: SME Annual Meeting, "Strategic Metals Technical Session"
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
800 Convention Pl, Seattle, WA 98101

When: February 20, 2012 2:30p.m. - 5:00p.m.

Copies of the peer reviewed technical paper presented at last year's SME Meeting will also be distributed at this Annual Meeting in the Industrial Minerals Special Issue of the Minerals & Metallurgical Processing Journal, February, 2012. Interested parties are invited to attend. American Manganese staff will be available at the Company's booth in the exhibition hall and will be please to provide further details of the successful pilot plant studies.

About Manganese

China controls electrolytic manganese production supplying and producing 98% of the world's needs (3 billion pounds per year).

There is no substitute for manganese in steel (total manganese market greater than 33 billion pounds per year, fourth largest traded metal).

Manganese is the most critical metal at risk to supply and restriction in the United States as there is no U.S. production. EMM's greatest uses are the upgrading of specialty steel (74%), and the manufacture of aluminum alloys (12%) and electronics (2%).

Electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) for the battery industry is expected to be the fastest-growing segment of the manganese market. Ford Motors predicts production of electric vehicles will account for 25% of its entire vehicle line-up by 2020, and Hyundai has committed a lifetime guarantee to their electric vehicles that use lithium ion batteries with manganese spinel.

China has a 20% export duty on EMM and the U.S. has a 14% import duty.

The current world price for electrolytic manganese metal is about $1.30 per pound, while the U.S. price is about $1.63 per pound.

About American Manganese Inc.

American Manganese Inc. is a diversified specialty and critical metal Company focusing on potentially becoming the lowest cost producer of electrolytic manganese metal from its Arizona Manganese Project.

This release has been reviewed by John W. Fisher, PEng, a qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101.

On behalf of Management

AMERICAN MANGANESE INC.

Larry W. Reaugh, President and Chief Executive Officer

www.americanmanganeseinc.com

This news release may contain certain "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time to time with the TSX-Venture Exchange, the British Columbia Securities Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

The TSX-Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts:
American Manganese Inc.
Larry W. Reaugh
President and Chief Executive Officer
604-531-9639
www.americanmanganeseinc.com

American Manganese Inc.
Connie Fischer
Investor Relations
604-531-9639 ext. 110
connieir@amymn.com or info@amymn.com
www.americanmanganeseinc.com

Source: American Manganese Inc.