Loma Linda University Anesthesiology Medical Group Outsources Physician Billing to Per-Se Technologies

Business Wire, March 13, 2003

Health/Medical Writers

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2003

Per-Se Technologies (Nasdaq: PSTI), a leading provider of integrated business management outsourcing services, application software and Internet-enabled connectivity for the healthcare industry, today announced that it has signed a contract with Loma Linda University Anesthesiology Medical Group, Inc.

Per-Se's Physician Services division will provide professional fee billing services for all 25 physicians employed by the Anesthesiology Medical Group. The Anesthesiology Medical Group holds an exclusive contract with Loma Linda University Medical Center for providing anesthesia services. All of the group's physicians have faculty appointments with the Loma Linda University School of Medicine.

"Per-Se has provided billing services to Loma Linda University's surgery department for many years," said Frank Murphy, president of Per-Se's Physician Services division. "This new opportunity with Loma Linda's anesthesiologists is an expansion of our services on that campus and we are very pleased to have the opportunity to bring our proven solution into new departments."

Per-Se's Physician Services division is the only national provider of outsourced business management services for hospital-affiliated physician practices. A team of professionals with specialty-specific expertise guides physicians through the business complexities of healthcare, the challenges of compliance and the intricacies of revenue cycle management. Customized services include billing, collections, coding, payer relations, client reporting, fee analysis, compliance and documentation training. Additional innovative products and services include business intelligence reporting, financial and business management consultation and PerYourHealth.com(SM), a patient Web portal providing online access to billing information.

About Loma Linda University Anesthesiology Medical Group

Based in Loma Linda, California, Loma Linda University Anesthesiology Medical Group is a professional corporation of physicians and nurse anesthetists. The group has an exclusive contract with Loma Linda University Medical Center for providing anesthesia services. All of the group's anesthesiologists hold faculty appointments with the Loma Linda University School of Medicine.

About Loma Linda University Medical Center

An outgrowth of the original Sanitarium on the hill in 1905, the present 11-story Loma Linda University Medical Center opened on July 9, 1967. With the completion of the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in late 1993, nearly 900 beds are available for patient care, including at Loma Linda University Community Medical Center and Loma Linda University Proton Treatment Center. LLUMC operates some of the largest clinical programs in the United States in areas such as neonatal care, and is recognized as the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton treatments for cancer. As the only tertiary-care hospital in the area, LLUMC is the only level one regional trauma center for Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.

About Per-Se Technologies

Per-Se Technologies (Nasdaq: PSTI) is a leader in delivering comprehensive business management outsourcing services, financial and clinical software solutions, and Internet-enabled connectivity with business intelligence for the healthcare industry. Atlanta-based Per-Se enables integrated delivery systems and physician practices to optimize the quality of care delivered and profitability of business operations simultaneously. The leading provider of business management outsourcing services to physicians, Per-Se supports approximately 47,000 physicians and 2,000 healthcare organizations.

Per-Se processes more than 240 million medical transactions annually, and its solutions manage 26 million patient lives online. Additional information is available at www.per-se.com.

Contracted services with Loma Linda University Anesthesiology Medical Group will be delivered by Per-Se's Physician Services division.