Plexis Announces Release of Plexis Claims Manager Version 5.1.4

New Version Enhances Award-Winning Functionality

Ashland, OR – October 13, 2005 – Plexis Healthcare Systems, an innovative provider of healthcare information technology and services, announced the release of Plexis Claims Manager Version 5.1.4. The new version of Plexis Claims Manager includes significant enhancements to the systems forms capabilities, as well as further expanding the application’s adjudication functionality.

Plexis Claims Manager Version 5.0 was recognized as the leader in functionality among top MCIS applications in an independent 2003 study conducted by the AC Group. The study consisted of 542 questions relating to specific areas of product functionality, including member services & enrollment, benefits administration, adjudication, etc. Fifteen of the industry’s leading developers participated in the study. “Plexis Healthcare should be considered among the richest applications on the market today,” said the study’s author.

“The new Plexis Claims Manager Version 5.1.4 offers significant advantages over earlier versions,” said Susan Drobkiewicz, Plexis Product Manager. “Part of the software development process includes continual product refinement. As we learn more from our clients, we improve some processes and add others as business, industry and government requirements change. Plexis Claims Manager Version 5.1.4 provides users with more than 50 upgraded features, including a wide range of form and form-lookup enhancements, grid-sorting features, changes to age restrictions and more,” explained Drobkiewicz.

Plexis Claims Manager has provided claims processing and benefits administration solutions to healthcare organizations across the United States since 1996, and is currently used by international organizations, as well. Plexis Claims Manager provides the functionality to facilitate accurate and automatic claims adjudication, referral authorizations, benefit administration, and contract management. The application’s rules-based engine allows healthcare organizations to readily customize the claims processing system to meet its processing goals.