06/20/2007
Kryptiq’s Choreo Contract Manager Implemented by Scott & White Health Plan
No. 1 Ranked Health Plan in Texas Committed to Setting the Standard for Healthcare Transparency

Portland, Ore. – June 20, 2007 - Kryptiq Corporation, one of the nation’s fastest-growing providers of solutions for healthcare transformation, today announced the successful deployment of Choreo® Contract Manager at Scott & White Health Plan, a regional health plan which was recently ranked number one in Texas by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Health Plans. Scott & White Health Plan is a not-for-profit, state certified Health Maintenance Organization with a network of more than 1,000 providers serving over 200,000 members.

Scott & White is implementing Kryptiq’s Choreo as part of a strategic plan to better grow and manage its ecosystem of competitive provider networks and ensure members receive high-quality and affordable care. The Choreo Suite delivers a set of tools and services enabling Scott & White Health Plan to help streamline business processes, reduce costs, and improve productivity. Additionally, Choreo has driven Scott & White’s transformation to electronic contract management and reduced its dependency on paper records. Choreo has centralized all contractual information and ensures company-wide access to the most up to date and accurate information in all aspects of the organization.

“Scott & White Health Plan is committed to setting the standard for healthcare transparency and best practices,” said Allan F. Einboden, CEO of Scott & White Health Plan. “Implementing Choreo has enabled our organization to better control costs and manage resources resulting in improved workflow, unparalleled access to vitally important information and greater visibility for all of our stake-holders.”

“Choreo Contract Manager enables Scott & White to continue to take a leadership position among health plans and the broader healthcare industry,” said Luis Machuca, president and CEO of Kryptiq. “Scott & White’s application of Choreo is a compelling demonstration of how health plans can better manage their provider networks through improved data transparency.”

Scott & White Health Plan was named the highest ranked health plan in Texas in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Health Plans. The ranking was based upon overall member satisfaction and treatment outcomes. Scott & White Health Plan was listed as the best health plan in Texas for 2006 and was nationally ranked in both the Commercial and Medicare plan categories. U.S. News and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), which accredits managed-care plans, examined 684 plans for this year’s examination.

About Choreo Contract Manager
Kryptiq’s Choreo Suite delivers a set of tools and services that offer healthcare executives the power to manage their provider networks, helping them streamline business processes, reduce costs, improve productivity, and provide members with more products and services. Choreo Contract Manager, a key component of the Choreo Suite, is a modular end-to-end contract management solution designed specifically to enable health plans to streamline and simplify provider contract management. Choreo and its available modules enable health plans to automate the entire contract lifecycle, including creation, negotiation, execution and post-signature evaluation. Unlike other contract management software, Choreo Contract Manager approaches the contract lifecycle from the health plan perspective, including tasks such as evaluating provider enrollment and incorporating rates sheets within the contracting workflow.

About Kryptiq Corporation
Kryptiq is the leading provider of interoperability and workflow connectivity solutions for healthcare. Kryptiq streamlines healthcare communications among patients, providers, pharmacies and payers with secure messaging, electronic prescribing, disease management, and contract management technologies. By integrating these solutions with existing systems and applications, Kryptiq enables the trusted transport of health information where and when it is needed. Kryptiq’s fast growing customer base includes many of the nations top 100 integrated health networks, spans 48 states plus Washington, D.C., and includes well-known providers and payers such as Providence Health System, Capital Region Healthcare, MeritCare Health System, Eastern Maine Healthcare, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and Northwest Permanente. For more information on the company, visit http://www.kryptiq.com/.

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