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Quovadx, Inc. (Nasdaq: QVDX), a global software and vertical solution company, today announced that Samaritan Health Services, a network of Oregon hospitals, physicians and senior care facilities serving the mid-Willamette Valley and the Central Oregon coast, has selected the QUOVADX� Cash Accelerator Suite and services to power its Financial Interoperability solutions, including INSURENET� Hub and INSURENET� Direct modules, to provide direct connectivity between the organization and its payer organizations and business partners. Cash Accelerator and services from Quovadx will allow Samaritan Health Services to automate the process of verifying patient eligibility. Further, this information can now be directly incorporated into the organization�s Meditech registration and patient accounting systems, thereby eliminating the need for manual data entry and improving the accuracy of collected data. Previously, Samaritan Health Services conducted this process by calling in each individual eligibility request by phone or checking payer Web sites. �With Quovadx, we have moved from a completely manual insurance verification process to an efficient and accurate automated process, which allows us to gain more timely access to information and reduce errors,� said Bob French, chief information officer, Samaritan Health Services. �Further, we have improved service to our patients by simplifying the registration process and reducing denial of claims. These improvements save staff across our facilities valuable time and resources which can be redirected to improving patient care.� Cash Accelerator will be actively integrated with the health system�s Meditech hospital information system (HIS). With this integration, users will be able to automatically send messages to payers to confirm eligibility directly through the HIS system without needing to toggle to a different application or move to a different terminal. In addition, users will be able to perform the address verification, credit checks and charity eligibility assessment automatically during the registration process. �As healthcare organizations face increasing financial pressures due to the rising cost of patient care, the growing uninsured population, and increasingly complex reimbursement requirements, the ability to improve revenue cycle accuracy and efficiency is critical,� said Afshin Cangarlu, president, Integration Solutions division, and executive vice president, Quovadx. �We are pleased to work with Samaritan Health System to help them improve their insurance verification and demographic validation processes, which will aid in increased cash flow and improved cost management.� QUOVADX� Cash Accelerator Suite, including INSURENET� Hub and INSURENET� Direct modules, provide HIPAA compliant, flexible access and real-time verification to more than 2,300 health plans in the U.S. through direct payer connections and four clearinghouse connections. Robust data quality tools provide for bi-directional, integrated processing to speed and simplify the financial transaction process for healthcare providers and public health organizations, saving valuable resources and increasing the speed at which claims can be processed and paid. Cash Accelerator Suite provides a single interface through which the full set of real-time HIPAA transactions including claim submission, claim status and referral processing, as well as credit checks or address verifications, can be processed, verified, stored and retrieved. About Samaritan Health Services Samaritan Health Services (SHS) is a network of Oregon hospitals offering a regional trauma center and more than 22 medical specialties including comprehensive cancer care, a full-service cardiology and cardiac and vascular surgery program, as well as other regional services over 150 primary care and specialty physicians, health plans and senior care facilities that serve the needs of over 250,000 people in the mid-Willamette Valley and the Central Oregon Coast. About Quovadx, Inc. Quovadx (Nasdaq: QVDX) offers software and services for system development, extension, integration and analysis to enterprise customers worldwide. Quovadx has three divisions, including the Integration Solutions division (ISD), which offers private and public healthcare organizations software infrastructure to facilitate system interoperability and leverage existing technology, the CareScience division, which provides care management and analytical solutions to hospitals and health systems and pioneered regional healthcare information organization (RHIO) technology, and the Rogue Wave Software division, which provides software and services for enterprise-class application development and high-performance SOA. Quovadx serves companies in the healthcare, financial services, telecommunication and public sectors. For more information, please visit http://www.quovadx.com. QUOVADX and INSURENET are trademarks of Quovadx, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.