FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 2004--Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (NYSE:PDX), the nation's largest provider of maternal-fetal and newborn physician services, will hold its quarterly investor conference call on Thursday, November 4, 2004, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, to discuss results from operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2004. A detailed press release will be issued the morning of November 4, 2004, before the securities markets open.

This call is being Webcast and may be accessed at Pediatrix's website, www.pediatrix.com. This call is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors may listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.fulldisclosure.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors may access the call through CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

About Pediatrix

Pediatrix was founded in 1979. Pediatrix physicians and advanced nurse practitioners are reshaping the delivery of maternal-fetal and newborn care, identifying best demonstrated processes and participating in clinical research to enhance patient outcomes and provide high-quality, cost-effective care. Its neonatal physicians provide services at more than 200 NICUs, and through Obstetrix, its perinatal physicians provide services in many markets where Pediatrix's neonatal physicians practice. Combined, Pediatrix and its affiliated professional corporations employ more than 725 physicians in 31 states and Puerto Rico. Pediatrix is also the nation's largest provider of newborn hearing screens and newborn metabolic screening. Additional information is available at www.pediatrix.com.

    CONTACT: Pediatrix
             Bob Kneeley (Investor Relations), 954-384-0175, x-5300
             bob_kneeley@pediatrix.com

    SOURCE: Pediatrix