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General News of Monday, 18 December 2000

Source: BW HealthWire

QuadraMed to Assist Ghana Healthcare Company ...

... in Providing Affordable Nationwide Health Insurance

QuadraMed Corporation today announced that Ghana Healthcare Company Limited (GHC), a health insurance provider in Ghana, Africa, has purchased the EZ-CAP? managed care information system to support their need to implement a national health insurance program in Ghana. With a population of 18.5 million, Ghana has long had issues with healthcare financing. The $1.5 million contract marks the seventh international sale of EZ-CAP, which is also being used in South Africa, Singapore and the Philippines.

QuadraMed's EZ-CAP solution allows physician-hospital organizations, managed care organizations, and independent physician associations to manage patient, coverage, and financial information so they are able to validate membership eligibility, adjudicate claims with varying benefit structures, and accurately process and pay claims.

``EZ-CAP's scalability and ability to process information for a vast enrollee population led us to our decision,'' stated Ghana Healthcare Company's CEO, Kwamina Amoasi-Andoh. ``As we make our changes to the Ghanaian healthcare delivery system, we are pleased to have QuadraMed's managed care expertise supporting us. We believe that our success with EZ-CAP will create further interest in the product throughout Africa,'' he added.

According to Michael Wilstead, President of QuadraMed's EZ-CAP division, ``We are pleased that EZ-CAP will play such a key role in the historic changes that GHC is making in Ghana.'' He added, ``EZ-CAP's scalability is the reason it is the leader in the managed healthcare market. With so many developments in managed care throughout the world, QuadraMed is looking forward to increasing its international presence.''

About Ghana Healthcare Company Limited

Ghana Healthcare Company was established in 1999 to provide an alternative source for financing healthcare delivery in Ghana. Ghana Healthcare Company's main objective is to make quality healthcare affordable. The Company provides health financial coverage for individuals, groups of persons, families and corporate bodies. Ghana Healthcare Company's principal place of business is Pension House, PMB CT 58 - Accra, Republic of Ghana.

About QuadraMed Corporation

QuadraMed is a healthcare information technology leader that provides software, web-enabled solutions, and consulting services to hospitals and medical providers to meet their medical record, business and compliance needs. QuadraMed's solutions have been implemented in over 4000 sites, including over 60% of the hospitals in the United States. QuadraMed employs 1180 people whom are committed to customer service and shaping the healthcare information business.

For more information about QuadraMed, its products and services, visit http://www.quadramed.com.

QuadraMed is a trademark and EZ-CAP and EZ-NET are registered trademarks of QuadraMed Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective holders.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact:

QuadraMed, San Rafael Investors: Mark Thomas, 415/482-2100 www.quadramed.com or Media: Frank Pecaitis, 949/754-6000 www.quadramed.com