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Adaptis announces Strategic Partnershp with Med Advantage

April 17, 2006

Seattle, WA – Adaptis, a leading single source for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions for health payers, today announced a strategic partnership with Med Advantage, a privately-owned credentialing firm based in Orlando, FL. Adaptis sought to enter into a relationship with Med Advantage to add medical provider credentialing services to its expanding portfolio of offerings. Med Advantage is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and accredited by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC), and performs credentials verification in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This new partnership represents a continuation of Adaptis’ strategy of building alliances with quality providers like Med Advantage to become an end-to-end outsourcing solution for the small- to mid-sized BPO market, from claims administration to provider credentialing.

“Credentialing has become a crucial cornerstone in the operations of health plans today,” said Nancy Fagan-Coburn, Vice President of Business Development at Adaptis. “Med Advantage is a leader in the credentialing arena, and offers our customers the service, quality, and flexibility they need.”

“The Med Advantage philosophy centers on simplifying our clients’ credentials process through the use of technology,” said John C. Barrett, Sr. Vice President at Med Advantage. “We look forward to working with Adaptis to bring our credentialing expertise to their customers.”

About Adaptis

Adaptis is a comprehensive source of business process outsourcing solutions focused on health payors with up to 500,000 lives. Proven service performance and a client-centric Account Management approach underlie their administrative, medical management and decision support services. Adaptis is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with a regional operations center in Yakima, Washington and through its majority-owned subsidiary, Tēla Sourcing Inc., an ISO 9001:2000 certified international facility in Pune, India.

Media Contact

Rebecca Parsons
Communications Manager
206.971.7276

About Med Advantage

Med Advantage is one of the largest Credentials Verification Organizations (CVO) in the nation, providing credentialing services to managed care organizations and managed behavioral healthcare organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the common wealth of Puerto Rico. With over thirteen years as a leader in the credentialing arena, Med Advantage has established one of the largest national databases with one million medical practitioners and six million verifications. The company currently maintains certification from the National Commission on Quality Assurance (NCQA) and accreditation from URAC. For more information, please visit http://www.med-advantage.com.

Media Contact

John C. Barret
Med Advantage
407.282.5131