Roy O. Martin Lumber Company, Selects PLEXIS Healthcare Systems' Claims Manager to Bring Its Claims Processing In-house

Roy O. Martin had been using a TPA, but their company decided they could handle their claims in a more timely manner and be more responsive to their employees if they handled the claims processing themselves.

Ashland, OR (PRWEB) August 18, 2003 -- PLEXIS PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, Inc. announced today that Roy O. Martin Lumber Company, headquartered in Alexandria, LA, has purchased its core claims processing software, PLEXIS Claims Manager. 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, and contract management, while meeting all present HIPAA compliance requirements.

"We are self-insured and we wanted to bring our claims processing in-house," said Ray Peters, Vice President of Human Resources at Roy O. Martin Lumber Company, "We had been using a TPA, but our company decided that we could handle our claims in a more timely manner and be more responsive to our employees if we handled the claims processing ourselves. However, we have a small staff dedicated to this function, so we needed a system that was efficient, totally automated and easy to use. We chose the PLEXIS Claims Manager because it met all of our requirements," Mr. Peters continued.

Roy O. Martin (ROM) Lumber Company is one of the largest lumber companies in the Southern US. The company owns and professionally manages almost 600,000 acres of timberland spreading across 30 parishes in LA. Founded in 1923 as a family business, the company is dedicated to the forest products industry. It plants 10,000 to 12,000 acres of timberland per year (4-6 million trees) and currently employs almost 1,100 employees in its operations.

"PLEXIS is very pleased that a company with the long history that Roy O. Martin enjoys has selected our Claims Manager to enhance the claims processing for its employees. We are proud to be a part of the operation of this distinguished company," said Jorge Yant, President and Chief Executive Officer at PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, Inc.

About Roy O. Martin Lumber Company
The Roy O. Martin Lumber Company is the result of a vision set in motion generations ago. Beginning in 1923 with a six foot "groundhog" band saw and a serious commitment to provide customers with service and quality, the Roy O. Martin Lumber Company was on its way to becoming what is now one of the largest independently owned lumber companies in the South. Systematic research, planting, thinning and harvesting allows the company to rebuild the forests better and faster than before and gives

the satisfaction of putting back more into nature than was removed. Today, just as it was in 1923 with their first sawmill, the commitment to customer satisfaction and a quality product is at the core of every Roy O. Martin operation.

To learn more about the company visit their web site at www.martco.com.

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.