BlueCross BlueShield Of Georgia Selects VisionShare For Direct Connectivity To Medicare

ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- VisionShare, the emerging leader in electronic data interchange (EDI) software for the healthcare industry announced that BCBS-Georgia has selected VisionShare’s Secure Exchange Software(TM) to enable hundreds of Georgia hospitals to access Medicare information via the Internet. This announcement effectively means that Georgia healthcare providers will replace dial-up, leased-line, or frame relay connectivity to BCBS-GA with the high-speed, low-cost, secure connectivity solution offered exclusively from VisionShare.

“This is the first step in providing a true, interoperable and secure healthcare network for the entire state of Georgia,” says John Feikema, VisionShare’s President and CEO. “Along with many healthcare experts we believe the establishment of a low-cost, secure infrastructure for exchanging healthcare information is a vital element in the effort to save the industry billions of dollars. We are excited to see the rapid adoption of the VisionShare solution by organizations such as BCBS-GA as early steps toward implementation of a National Health Information Network, or NHIN.”

VisionShare also reported that during the month of October, forty-five (45) of the top fifty (50) hospitals in the state of Washington licensed VisionShare’s Secure Exchange Software for their Medicare connectivity needs. Noridian Administrative Services is the fiscal intermediary for Washington State.

About VisionShare Inc.

VisionShare Inc. is a St. Paul, Minnesota based Software Company providing secure connectivity products and services to the healthcare and financial services industries. VisionShare’s Secure Exchange Software(TM), used by more than 500 customers around the world, enables secure, system to system communications over the public internet. Combined with VisionShare’s world- class services, Secure Exchange Software reduces the risk and liability, while decreasing management costs, of delivering confidential and proprietary information. These high-performance solutions are ideal for industries that require secure infrastructure and services enabling cross-enterprise, data exchange over the Internet, such as healthcare, financial services and the public sector. For more information, please visit http://www.visionshareinc.com/ .

VisionShare is a registered trademark of VisionShare Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Jim O’Reilly of VisionShare Inc., +1-651-305-2711,jim.oreilly@visionshareinc.com