CEI - Community Mental Health Selects PLEXIS to Increase Administrative Efficiencies

Community Mental Health Board of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties signs agreement with PLEXIS because of flexibility and the ability to integrate with other software products.

Ashland, Oregon -- June 4, 2002 -- http://www.plexisweb.com">PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, Inc. announced today that Community Mental Health Board of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties (CEI CMHB) has purchased its core claims processing software, PLEXIS Claims Manager. PLEXIS' suite of products offers payers, benefit administrators and health plans the functionality to facilitate accurate and automatic claims adjudication, referral authorizations, benefit administration, and contract management. Community Mental Health of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties of Lansing, MI is a locally based, public organization, created in 1964 with the purpose of serving the mental health needs of the residents of the tri-county.

"We chose the PLEXIS system because of its flexibility and ability to integrate with other software products," says Finance Director, Lisa Hartwell. "We are anxious to automate our claims payment process, increase administrative efficiencies, and work with a company that has expertise in this area."

CEI CMHB Director of IS, Chuck Dougherty stated, "In my role as IS Director, I found PLEXIS Claims Manager to be logically laid out, powerful, and well designed technically. In addition, I found the balance of features and price to represent a good value when compared to similar packages."

"The strength of PLEXIS Claims Manager is not only apparent in its ease-of-use , flexibility, and performance, but more importantly, price," commented President and CEO, Jorge Yant. "For organizations such as CEI - Community Mental Health, we are able to provide them with a claims adjudication engine which has the features and functionality of the most expensive applications on the market, while helping them operate more efficiently and reduce costs. Most often, PLEXIS Claims Manager is the preferred claims processing application when price, functionality and features are all evenly compared."

About CEI - Community Mental Health
Community Mental Health Board of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties is a public organization which provides a wide range of community based services and supports for Adults with Mental Illnesses, Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbance, Adults and Children with Developmental Disabilities, and Adults with Substance Abuse. Community Mental Health's central office is located in Lansing, Michigan.

About PLEXIS Healthcare Systems
PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, Inc., a healthcare technology company based in Ashland, Oregon, has been developing high-end claims processing software for the Windows platform since 1996. PLEXIS Healthcare Systems provides advanced technology tools that enable healthcare organizations to streamline and automate their claims payment and medical case management requirements. For more information, please call toll free (877) 475-3947 or visit http://www.plexisweb.com">www.plexisweb.com.