Availity Expands Partnership with Molina Healthcare

Real-Time and Batch Transactions Now Available for Florida Providers

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Availity, LLC, the industry's
premier health information network, announced today an expanded partnership
with Molina Healthcare, Inc., a national leader in providing affordable health
care to families and individuals. With this expanded collaboration, Florida
providers will have access to Molina Healthcare via the Availity secure web
portal for the transmission of real-time eligibility and benefits,
authorizations and referrals, and claims. This enhances Availity's existing
partnership with Molina Healthcare for batch claims and underscores their
mutual commitment to reducing health care costs and increasing efficiencies to
improve patient care.

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"Molina Healthcare has aligned with Availity to serve as the real-time
information network for their Florida providers," said Russ Thomas, president
and chief operating officer for Availity. "By expanding our partnership, we're
helping to create improved interoperability among multiple health care
stakeholders, resulting in significant time and cost savings, and improved
patient care."

For nearly 30 years, Molina Healthcare has been providing access to quality
health care and serving the needs of families and individuals through no-cost
and low-cost programs. Molina Healthcare supports more than 1.2 million
members and communities in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada,
New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Washington.

"Availity's strong market presence in Florida, combined with their reputation
for exceptional service, proved to be a winning combination," said Shawn
Shahzad, director of information technology for Molina Healthcare. "We look
forward to improving information exchange with Florida providers."

About Availity, LLC - Patients. Not Paperwork.(R)
Availity optimizes information exchange between multiple health care
stakeholders through a single, secure network. The Availity Health Information
Network encompasses administrative, financial, and clinical services,
supporting both real-time and batch exchange via the web, business to business
(B2B) integration, and electronic data interchange (EDI). For more
information, including an online demonstration, please visit www.availity.com.

About Molina Healthcare
Molina Healthcare, Inc. is a multi-state managed care organization that
arranges for the delivery of health care services to persons eligible for
Medicaid, Medicare, and other government-sponsored programs for low-income
families and individuals. Molina Healthcare's ten licensed health plan
subsidiaries in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico,
Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Washington currently serve approximately 1.26 million
members. More information about Molina Healthcare and Molina Healthcare of
Florida can be obtained at www.molinahealthcare.com.

SOURCE Availity, LLC

David Johnson of Availity, LLC, +1-904-470-4910, david.johnson@availity.com;
or Shawn Shahzad of Molina Healthcare, +1-562-951-1560,
shawn.shahzad@molinahealtcare.com