IMI Health Achieves NCQA HEDIS Software CertificationSM for Second Consecutive Year

Nashville company one of only eleven vendors certified under the program
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(Business Wire)--
IMI Health announced that it has earned National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA) Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) Software
Certification for its 2009 product. HEDIS software calculates standard measures
to support annual audit and reporting requirements for health plans, and IMI
Health`s NCQA-Certified software helps health plans measure quality and lower
audit requirements.

HEDIS specifications are updated annually and software vendors must make changes
to comply with the measures and gain certification each year. All U.S. health
plans seeking NCQA Accreditation must comply annually with the calculation of
standard measures and completion of an audit. Health plans that select a
certified software vendor are exempt from source code review. Health, plans even
without the mandate for review and audit, can benefit by proactively using HEDIS
measures to demonstrate their effectiveness.

"IMI Health has seen significant interest in integrating the HEDIS methodology
with broader health initiatives," said Leon Dowling, CEO and Founder, IMI
Health. "The HEDIS methodology provides an excellent foundation for supporting
both care management and pay-for-performance programs in an attempt to deliver
better quality healthcare and to manage rising healthcare costs."

NCQA validates software by generating unique "test case" data sets for vendors
to process. Through this program, IMI Health software was compared to the
expected results and was deemed compliant with NCQA specifications. "Vendors who
achieve certification have proven they are capable of helping their clients
gather and deliver consistently accurate results," said Scott McDaniel, VP,
Client Services, IMI Health. "IMI Health is one of only eleven vendors certified
under the program."

About IMI Health

IMI Health, LLC is a high growth, healthcare technology company, included on the
2008 INC 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S., with
growth rates over 40% per year for the last three years. IMI Health has
developed an Integrated Health Decision Support (IHDSTM)* platform which sits at
the core of its solutions. IHDS has the flexibility to manage healthcare data,
information and knowledge essential in the management of the healthcare business
community. This feature provides a rich underpinning for solutions in the areas
of quality, Medicare and medical management in addition to service offerings for
compliance, data integration and analysis. The end product offers not just
insight but foresight that can be used for operational decision-making and
enterprise improvements. For more information, please visit www.imihealth.com.

* IHDS is a trademark of IMI Health

** HEDIS is a registered trademark of NCQA

IMI Health
Jamie Amaral, 615-690-5364 or 615-690-0837
Jamie.amaral@imihealth.com

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