PLEXIS Claims Manager Helps SunMed International Achieve Expansion Goals

SunMed Expands Operations into Peru, Turkey and Caribbean Basin

Ashland, Oregon -- December 17, 2002 -- SunMed International selected http://www.plexisweb.com">PLEXIS Healthcare Systems Claims Manager to help them rapidly expand their business in the international medical cost management arena. According to Alex Tirado, SunMed's COO, their strategy has paid off significantly. In the last six months, the company has expanded its service offerings to include Peru, Turkey and several countries in the Caribbean basin.

Mr. Tirado said, "The PLEXIS Claims Manager is 'state-of-the-art' software. The PLEXIS' user-defined system approach and its rules based engine enables SunMed to efficiently customize system parameters to meet the often complex requirements of our growing client base with minimal lead time. This has allowed us to rapidly and efficiently expand into new international markets and lines of business; I would recommend their system to anyone. In addition, the system's custom tailored client reporting makes it easy to handle business in any new area we enter. The PLEXIS tables interface quite nicely with off the shelf type programs such as Access or Crystal Reports."

Mr. Tirado further commented that the system's ease-of-use, flexibility, cost effectiveness, and performance, have all resulted in a positive return-on-investment for SunMed International. The PLEXIS' suite of products offers payers, benefit administrators, and health plans the functionality to facilitate accurate and automatic claims adjudication, referral authorizations, benefit administration, contract management, and the ability to fully integrate with accounting packages.

About SunMed International
SunMed International is a worldwide leader in medical cost management, offering services to foreign health insurers, reinsurers, governments, third party administrators and utilization review organizations. SunMed has been in business since 1993 and through their networks, provide services to over 150,000 covered lives locally and internationally. SunMed provides access to exceptional discounts on healthcare services in the United States and provides a personalized approach to helping their clients' insureds seek medical care in the United States cost-effectively without jeopardizing the quality of care rendered. Because SunMed is capitated by their domestic HMO partners, they understand how to appropriately manage healthcare risk and bring that core competency to their international clients as well. Their philosophy is not to be a passive administrator, but to be proactively engaged in helping their clients manage the high cost of healthcare, especially in the United States.

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 www.plexisweb.com.