MedAvant Announces EDI Gateway Agreement With Jopari Solutions, Inc.

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Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:46pm EDT

ATLANTA, March 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MedAvant Healthcare Solutions
(MedAvant) (Nasdaq:PILL), a leader in healthcare technology and transaction
services, today announced it has entered into a trading partner agreement with
Jopari Solutions, Inc., a leader in electronic bill acceptance, payment
automation and payer/payee portal services for the property and casualty
industry. The agreement between MedAvant and Jopari enables bi-directional
connectivity for electronic healthcare billing transactions, in particular
workers' compensation electronic bills and attachments, to both companies'
growing list of insurance payers.

"Electronic processing of workers' compensation electronic bills and attachments
is at an early stage," said Lonnie Hardin, MedAvant's President and Chief
Operating Officer. "It is critical for companies like Jopari and MedAvant to
work together to expand connectivity with our payers, so that healthcare
providers have a workers' compensation eBilling 'all payer' solution similar to
what is available today in the group health arena."

J.R. "Steve" Stevens, Jopari's Chief Executive Officer stated, "Trading partner
agreements like this with MedAvant will better serve our providers by enabling
them to use their existing business processes to achieve eBill compliance.
Deployment of electronic billing throughout the provider community depends on
companies like Jopari and MedAvant delivering greater bill and remittance
processing efficiency which equates to demonstrably lower cost."

Effective January 1, 2008, the Texas Workers' Compensation eBill regulations
mandate conversion to electronic submission of medical bills by workers'
compensation health care providers and return of electronic explanation of
reimbursements by insurance carriers. In addition to Texas, other states such as
California and Minnesota are preparing to implement similar mandates requiring
the adoption of workers' compensation eBilling.

About MedAvant Healthcare Solutions

MedAvant is focused on facilitating the exchange of healthcare information so
that payers, providers, and patients benefit equally from the sharing of
reliable and actionable health data. To enables these services, MedAvant
operates Phoenix(sm), a highly scalable platform that supports real-time
connections between healthcare clients.

For more information, visit http://www.medavanthealth.com. MedAvant is a trade
name of ProxyMed, Inc.

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About Jopari Solutions, Inc.

Jopari Solutions, Inc. supplies Integrated Compliance and Payment Solutions to
Workers' Compensation, Auto, and Health Insurance industry Payers. Jopari
significantly improves the technology Payers use to manage bills and
disbursements, and substantially reduces associated expenses. Jopari services
enable insurance Payers to comply fully with regulatory requirements, including
e-Bill and e-Pay jurisdictional initiatives, and HIPAA. Insurance and other
industry Payers take advantage of JopariPay(tm) to permanently downsize
processing and labor costs, increase operational competitiveness and realize
immediate returns on investment.

Forward Looking Statement

Statements in this release that are "forward-looking statements" are based on
current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and
uncertainties. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by
terminology such as "may," "should," "potential," "continue," "expects,"
"anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar
expressions. Actual results could differ materially from projected results
because of factors such as:

 * The soundness of our business strategies relative to the perceived
   market opportunities;
 * Our ability to successfully develop, market, sell, cross-sell,
   install and upgrade our clinical and financial transaction services
   and applications to current and new physicians, payers and medical
   laboratories;
 * Our ability to compete effectively on price and support services;
 * Our ability and that of our business associates to perform
   satisfactorily under the terms of our contractual obligations, and
   to comply with various government rules regarding healthcare and
   patient privacy;
 * Entry into markets with vigorous competition, market acceptance of
   existing products and services, changes in licensing programs,
   product price discounts, delays in product development and related
   product release schedules, any of which may cause our revenues and
   income to fall short of anticipated levels;
 * The availability of competitive products or services;
 * The continued ability to protect our intellectual property rights;
 * Implementation of operating cost structures that align with revenue
   growth;
 * Uninsured losses;
 * Adverse results in legal disputes;
 * Unanticipated tax liabilities; and
 * The effects of a natural disaster or other catastrophic event
   beyond our control that results in the destruction or disruption of
   any of our critical business or information technology systems.
Any of these factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from
the guidance given at this time. For further cautions about the risks of
investing in MedAvant, we refer you to the documents MedAvant files from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation,
its most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K. MedAvant does not assume,
and expressly disclaims, any obligation to update information contained in this
document. Although this release may remain available on our website or
elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that we are reaffirming
or confirming any of the information contained herein.

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