On October 2, 2006,  DST Systems completed its acquisition of Amisys Synertech, Inc. (ASI) through ASI's merger with a wholly owned subsidiary of DST Health Solutions, Inc. This press release was distributed by ASI prior to that date.

ASI Delivers AMISYS Advance Release 3.1
New release of functionally rich payer software features enhanced navigational capabilities

ROCKVILLE, Md. (July 31, 2006) – ASI, the market leader of advanced software products and in-depth outsourcing and claims processing services for healthcare payers, today unveiled its new release of AMISYS Advance.  Release 3.1 of the enterprise-wide and functionally rich information management application builds upon enhancements delivered in Release 3.0 by featuring an array of streamlined navigational capabilities.

“With the Release 3.1 of AMISYS Advance, we have enhanced the industry’s most functionally rich payer application by further streamlining the product’s navigational features,” said Tom Hurley, ASI’s Chief Technology Officer.  “The intuitively designed application improves ease of use, which translates into higher productivity and increased accuracy for our customers.”
Specifically, Release 3.1 further improves the application’s efficiency and user-friendliness by offering:

• Redesigned AMISYS application windows
• Updated command bar
• Redesigned format for Window-specific functions
• Redesigned format for global functions
• Streamlined menu pages to replace the navigation tree

Various Claims and Reference & Control windows were also redesigned in the new release to include tabbed pages for easier navigation.

AMISYS Advance Release 3.0 improved upon the GUI browser migration and introduced the concept of user-controlled screens and menus while featuring an array of critical enhancements, including:

• Pricing on multiple modifiers – enables health plans to realize increased cost-savings by reducing labor-intensive manual processes.
• Modify addresses in batch – allows a health plan to load, enter and modify different addresses and entity types in a batch setting, significantly improving productivity and efficiency.
• Interim bills for outpatient claims – allows interim bills to be identified from bill type, in addition to using discharge status. 
• Automatic advance of premium paid-through date – minimizes erroneous calculations and keystrokes by automating the advancement of the paid-through date during the batch cash process. 

AMISYS Advance is part of ASI’s broad product portfolio, which includes proven business process outsourcing solutions, an integrated customer service application and a comprehensive consumer-directed healthcare administration offering.

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