Adaptis Announces Medicare Advantage Educational Sessions

Adaptis and Leading Experts to Provide Roadmap for Planning & Preparation

January 25, 2006

Seattle, WA – Adaptis, a leading Seattle-based company providing business process outsourcing (BPO), medical management and consulting services to health payer organizations, today announced that it has convened a panel of industry experts to provide health plans with actionable strategies to ensure operational readiness for Medicare Advantage. The increased premiums and broader membership base afforded by entering the Medicare Advantage market can be quite appealing to managed Medicaid health plans; however, launching this type of new business line can present complications. Through a series of half-day and 1-day seminars, Adaptis and other notable industry experts will provide health plans with hands-on strategies to ensure a successful Medicare Advantage plan launch.

The hands-on agenda is designed to help health plans, especially smaller plans, avoid surprises and effectively ready their operations for expansion into Medicare Advantage. Experts will address the following critical topics, and will provide attendees with a roadmap for planning and preparation in these key areas:

• Reimbursement Challenges: Three Key Impacts of CMS’ Risk-based Premium Methodology
• Options, Impact and Requirements: Breaking the Medicare Advantage Code
• Delegation: Contractual Implications and Health Plan Responsibilities
• Medical Management: Components and Benefits of Integration with Medicare Advantage
• Reporting and Decision Support
• Operational Impact—Determining Focus

The seminars will take place throughout January and February in California, Arizona, Texas and Florida on these scheduled dates:

• January 26, 2006 Tallahassee, Florida The Governor’s Club
• February 1, 2006 Tempe , Arizona Tempe Mission Palms
• February 16, 2006 Austin , Texas Renaissance Austin Hotel
• February 23, 2006 Irvine , California Hilton Costa Mesa

To register for these exclusive events or for more information please contact 1- 866-442-3278 or visit www.adaptis.com.