Press Release

Alegent Health System Chooses Picis LYNX Outpatient Facility Coding Services

LYNX slated to support five facilities and 120,000 annual outpatient visits

October 14, 2008—Bellevue, WA—LYNX Medical Systems, a Picis company, today announced an agreement with Alegent Health to provide outpatient facility coding services to its five Omaha metropolitan area hospitals.

With more than 120,000 emergency department (ED) visits annually, Alegent Health searched for a way to standardize coding between metro area hospitals. It needed a solution that could handle high-volume coding demands while promoting both record compliance and consistency. With more than 20 years’ ED coding experience, LYNX facility coding services brings to Alegent Health the industry standard for objective, consistent and compliant outsourced ED facility coding.

“LYNX coding services will help us to better align our resource use with acuity in our emergency departments system-wide,” said Rose Borghoff, HIM director, Alegent Health. “With LYNX Medical Systems handling our ED facility coding, we anticipate increased compliance and record accuracy with our emergency department facility coding. We also hope to improve our coding and charging process in ways that better support our ED revenue management process.”

By employing LYNX coding services, Alegent Health expects to see more accurate, dependable facility code assignment, along with standardization for coding, charging and billing throughout the five hospitals that LYNX will serve. For more information on LYNX Coding Services, click here or visit http://www.lynxmed.com/services/coding.html.

About Alegent Health System
Alegent Health is the largest not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system in Nebraska and southwestern Iowa with nine acute care hospitals, more than 100 sites of service, over 1,300 physicians on its medical staff and roughly 9,000 employees. Alegent Health is ranked first in the country in quality and patient satisfaction according to the Network for Regional healthcare Improvement (NRHI). That exceptional commitment to providing patient focused care for the body, mind and spirit of every person keeps Alegent Health faithful to its Mission, which was inspired by its sponsors, Catholic Health Initiatives and Immanuel Health Systems. At Alegent Health, patients and their families find a continuum of care, from women's and children's services, primary care, wellness counseling, and senior care to cardiovascular services, orthopedics, oncology, physical rehabilitation and behavioral health. Alegent Health is online at www.alegent.com.

About LYNX Medical Systems, Inc.
LYNX Medical Systems, Inc., a Picis company, drives value in emergency medicine through industry leading software and services that promote financial health and compliance. LYNX revenue management solutions help health systems and hospitals improve Emergency Department (ED) clinical documentation, improve coding compliance, and promote accurate and consistent code assignment for appropriate reimbursement. LYNX clients maintain a consistent, documented and repeatable return on investment. Currently, LYNX serves more than 400 healthcare organizations, representing more than 18 million annual encounters.

About Picis
Picis is a global provider of innovative information solutions that enable rapid and sustained delivery of clinical, financial and operational results in the acute care areas of the hospital. These high-acuity areas include the emergency department, operating and recovery rooms, and intensive care units. Picis offers the most advanced suite of integrated products focused on these life-critical areas of the hospital where the patients are the most vulnerable, the care process is the most complex and an increasing majority of hospital costs and potential revenue are concentrated. Headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Picis has licensed systems for use in more than 1,700 hospitals in 19 countries. More information is available at www.picis.com.