Long-Term Deal Draws on Perot Systems' Industry leadership in Revenue Cycle
and Clinical Services
PLANO, Texas, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot Systems
Corporation (NYSE: PER) (http://www.perotsystems.com) today announced that
it has been awarded an extended contract with athenahealth, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATHN), a leading provider of internet-based business services for physician
practices. The new five-year agreement further strengthens and extends the
seven year relationship between the two companies. The agreement calls for
Perot Systems to provide business process services relating to revenue
cycle and clinical data capture services.
"Our relationship with Perot Systems has allowed us to focus on what we
do best, providing innovative services to our medical group clients that
increase operational and clinical outcomes," stated athenahealth Executive
Vice President and COO, James MacDonald. "We look forward to continuing to
provide our clients with a diverse range of services with the help of Perot
Systems while also expanding athenahealth's operational leverage."
Perot Systems' seven year relationship has helped athenahealth deliver
high quality and cost effective services to their customers that have
produced higher customer satisfaction and financial results. The extension
also strengthens Perot Systems' position as a global leader in revenue
cycle services, specifically in the business process solutions and the IT
services space.
"The extension with athenahealth confirms their level of trust with
Perot Systems," stated Anurag Jain, President of Perot Systems' insurance &
business process solutions and applications solutions groups. "We take
great pride in our relationship with athenahealth. Our goal is to continue
to use our expertise and global delivery model to provide athenahealth with
flexibility and focus that helps strengthen their leadership position. We
look forward to growing with athenahealth in the coming years. "
Perot Systems is a market leader in delivering revenue cycle business
process services. Our portfolio for our healthcare revenue cycle management
customers includes global delivery of business process, applications and
infrastructure solutions.
About athenahealth
athenahealth is the leading provider of internet-based business
services for physician practices. The Company's service offerings are based
on proprietary internet-based practice management and electronic medical
record (EMR) software, a continuously updated payer knowledge-base and
integrated back-office service operations. For more information, visit
http://www.athenahealth.com or call (888) 652-8200.
About Perot Systems
Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology
services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative
approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to
deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth,
streamline operations and create new levels of customer value.
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2007 revenue of $2.6
billion. The company has more than 23,000 associates located in the
Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Additional information on
Perot Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com/
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject
to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
statements. For factors that could affect our business and cause actual
results to differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov/, as
updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K,
for additional information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any
intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as
a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Alex Rapp
+1 972 577 7808
alex.rapp@ps.net
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http://www.athenahealth.com
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CONTACT:
Alex Rapp of Perot Systems Corporation,
+1-972-577-7808, alex.rapp@ps.net
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