ATLANTA, March 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MedAvant Healthcare Solutions (MedAvant) (Nasdaq:PILL), a leader in healthcare technology and transaction services, today announced it has entered into a trading partner agreement with Jopari Solutions, Inc., a leader in electronic bill acceptance, payment automation and payer/payee portal services for the property and casualty industry. The agreement between MedAvant and Jopari enables bi-directional connectivity for electronic healthcare billing transactions, in particular workers' compensation electronic bills and attachments, to both companies' growing list of insurance payers.
"Electronic processing of workers' compensation electronic bills and attachments is at an early stage," said Lonnie Hardin, MedAvant's President and Chief Operating Officer. "It is critical for companies like Jopari and MedAvant to work together to expand connectivity with our payers, so that healthcare providers have a workers' compensation eBilling 'all payer' solution similar to what is available today in the group health arena."
J.R. "Steve" Stevens, Jopari's Chief Executive Officer stated, "Trading partner agreements like this with MedAvant will better serve our providers by enabling them to use their existing business processes to achieve eBill compliance. Deployment of electronic billing throughout the provider community depends on companies like Jopari and MedAvant delivering greater bill and remittance processing efficiency which equates to demonstrably lower cost."
Effective January 1, 2008, the Texas Workers' Compensation eBill regulations mandate conversion to electronic submission of medical bills by workers' compensation health care providers and return of electronic explanation of reimbursements by insurance carriers. In addition to Texas, other states such as California and Minnesota are preparing to implement similar mandates requiring the adoption of workers' compensation eBilling.
About MedAvant Healthcare Solutions
MedAvant is focused on facilitating the exchange of healthcare information so that payers, providers, and patients benefit equally from the sharing of reliable and actionable health data. To enables these services, MedAvant operates Phoenix(sm), a highly scalable platform that supports real-time connections between healthcare clients.
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About Jopari Solutions, Inc.
Jopari Solutions, Inc. supplies Integrated Compliance and Payment Solutions to Workers' Compensation, Auto, and Health Insurance industry Payers. Jopari significantly improves the technology Payers use to manage bills and disbursements, and substantially reduces associated expenses. Jopari services enable insurance Payers to comply fully with regulatory requirements, including e-Bill and e-Pay jurisdictional initiatives, and HIPAA. Insurance and other industry Payers take advantage of JopariPay(tm) to permanently downsize processing and labor costs, increase operational competitiveness and realize immediate returns on investment.
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* The soundness of our business strategies relative to the perceived market opportunities; * Our ability to successfully develop, market, sell, cross-sell, install and upgrade our clinical and financial transaction services and applications to current and new physicians, payers and medical laboratories; * Our ability to compete effectively on price and support services; * Our ability and that of our business associates to perform satisfactorily under the terms of our contractual obligations, and to comply with various government rules regarding healthcare and patient privacy; * Entry into markets with vigorous competition, market acceptance of existing products and services, changes in licensing programs, product price discounts, delays in product development and related product release schedules, any of which may cause our revenues and income to fall short of anticipated levels; * The availability of competitive products or services; * The continued ability to protect our intellectual property rights; * Implementation of operating cost structures that align with revenue growth; * Uninsured losses; * Adverse results in legal disputes; * Unanticipated tax liabilities; and * The effects of a natural disaster or other catastrophic event beyond our control that results in the destruction or disruption of any of our critical business or information technology systems.
Any of these factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the guidance given at this time. For further cautions about the risks of investing in MedAvant, we refer you to the documents MedAvant files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, its most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K. MedAvant does not assume, and expressly disclaims, any obligation to update information contained in this document. Although this release may remain available on our website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that we are reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.