The Intelligent Solutions Group, Inc. (ISG) and PLEXIS Healthcare Systems Form Strategic Alliance to Improve Healthcare Claims Processing

Partnership will greatly enhance clients' claims processing capabilities

Ashland, Oregon -- October 16, 2002 -- http://www.plexisweb.com">PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, Inc. and The Intelligent Solutions Group, Inc. (ISG) announced today they have formed a strategic alliance that will greatly enhance clients' claims processing capabilities. The new partnership combines the strengths of both companies to create powerful claims processing solutions for the healthcare industry.

Due to changes in the healthcare marketplace, ISG recently began a search for a new managed care and claims processing/adjudication software package to improve service to its current clients and to provide additional functionality beyond what they currently offered. "In order to better serve our clients, we began researching alternative claims processing solutions. We spent several months evaluating systems and companies based upon value, functionality, technology, customer service and culture. After a long, exhaustive search, we concluded that PLEXIS had the right solutions and was rapidly becoming a market leader in this sector," said Deanna Cosby, President at ISG.

"PLEXIS is an outstanding organization with superior products and a culture devoted to excellence in customer service and support. They are a 'partner' in the true sense of the word. Their application is built on the very latest technology and they have frequent new releases based on customer demand. We were highly impressed with their staff, knowledge of the industry, and their ability to wrap their application around the needs of clients. In addition to using their claims processing software, we will also be using PLEXIS to do some systems implementations, project management, and possibly some development work," Mrs. Cosby concluded.

"The Intelligent Solutions Group's experience in consulting on managed care issues, claims processing matters and process improvement programs is unparalleled. They have an extremely knowledgeable staff, so we were honored when they chose us for their claims processing partner. We also have another reason to be excited about this partnership. Due to our tremendous growth this past year, and over 50 percent increase in installations, we were looking for a partner who can assist us with our implementation efforts," said Jorge Yant, President and CEO of PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, Inc. "I truly believe this partnership will produce extraordinary results for our clients. When you combine their in-depth industry experience with our expertise and claims processing software, you have an unbeatable team," Mr. Yant added.

ISG offers a staff of senior consultants who provide in-depth audits of clients' current processes to help identify potential areas for correction or improvement. Their staff members, who are experienced in commercial, Medicare and Medicaid lines of business, include former directors of operations, claims, member services, enrollment and information services as well as Certified Public Accountants. Their programmers have over 30 years experience in the managed care area. ISG provides healthcare organizations with the expertise necessary to successfully implement new plans, a full or partial conversion or to add new lines of business. They also provide onsite operational assistance to alleviate clients' work backlogs. In addition, ISG operates a Claims Processing Service Center to help reduce claims backlog or to aid with on-going processing needs.

PLEXIS Healthcare Systems provides one of the most powerful claims processing software solutions in the marketplace. The PLEXIS Claims Manager offers payers, benefit administrators and health plans the functionality to facilitate accurate and automatic claims adjudication, referral authorizations, benefit administration, and contract management, while meeting all present HIPAA compliance requirements. In addition to Claims Manager, PLEXIS also offers PLEXIS Reports, an in-depth series of reports that can be tailored to a company's workflow. The reports can be exported to a wide variety of industry-standard formats, in either print or email versions. Also available is a full-featured solution for electronic data exchange, the PLEXIS EDI Toolkit, which allows clients to import and export data effortlessly from any source or destination.

About ISG
The Intelligent Solutions Group, Inc. (ISG) is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL. The company's senior consultants provide in-depth audits of clients' current processes to help identify potential areas for correction or improvement. Their staff is experienced in commercial, Medicare and Medicaid lines of business and their services include: claims EDI set-up and implementation, medical definition and benefits re-engineering, training, claims processing, claims department audits, operational development, whole-claim and table-driven pricing. For more information call (904) 880-9031.

About PLEXIS Healthcare Systems
PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, Inc., a healthcare technology company based in Ashland, Oregon, has been developing high-end claims processing software 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.