Baylor Health Care System Selects MedAssets` GPO and Spend Management Solutions

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Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:30pm EST

ATLANTA--(Business Wire)--
MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) today announced that Baylor Health Care System,
based in Dallas, Texas, has selected MedAssets as their strategic supply chain
partner, including group purchasing (GPO) services, physician preference item
(PPI) cost reduction services and enabling technology. The multi-year agreement
provides Baylor with access to MedAssets` GPO and customized supply chain
management capabilities including its supply chain analytics and medical device
consulting services to help lower supply cost. 

Through MedAssets` GPO services, Baylor will access a comprehensive contract
portfolio of quality, cost-effective commodity medical products and supplies
from more than 1,000 leading manufacturers and distributors. The Company will
also collaborate with Baylor`s medical, clinical and administrative staff in a
process to address and reduce costs on high-expense supplies. 

The agreement also provides Baylor with access to MedAssets` supply chain
technology and analytical solutions that increase transparency and provide
actionable information to control supply costs. Baylor has been a MedAssets
customer for more than five years, utilizing aspects of the company`s revenue
cycle management solutions. 

"We are pleased that Baylor chose to expand its relationship with MedAssets by
adding our Company`s innovative supply chain solutions," stated John Bardis,
president and chief executive officer, MedAssets, Inc. "MedAssets` solutions
offer transparency to help our customers identify performance gaps and address
source issues. This increased visibility into operations and finances provides
information and insight to drive performance improvement." 

About MedAssets

MedAssets (NASDAQ: MDAS) partners with healthcare providers to improve their
financial strength by implementing integrated spend management and revenue cycle
solutions that help control cost, improve margins and cash flow, increase
regulatory compliance, and optimize operational efficiency. MedAssets serves
more than 125 health systems, 3,300 hospitals and 30,000 non-acute care
healthcare providers. For more information, go to www.medassets.com.

About Baylor Health Care System

Baylor Health Care System is a network of hospitals, primary care and specialty
care physicians, rehabilitation clinics, affiliated ambulatory surgery centers
and the Baylor Research Institute.One of the largest private-sector employers in
Dallas/Fort Worth, Baylor Health Care System employs more than 17,000 people and
has more than 2,800 physicians on its various medical staffs.Baylor University
Medical Center, flagship hospital of Baylor Health Care System, is a major
patient care, teaching and research center for the Southwest.For fiscal year
2008, Baylor Health Care System will report $429.5 million in community benefit
to the Texas Department of State Health Services.For more information about
Baylor, visit www.BaylorHealth.com. 

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