Availity Teams with Thomson Reuters to Integrate Treatment Cost Calculator

Solution to Help More Health Plans Deliver Price Transparency

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Availity, LLC, the industry's
premier health information network, today announced an agreement with Thomson
Reuters to integrate its Treatment Cost Calculator into Availity's financial
estimation solution, CareCost Estimator(SM). Through this agreement, Availity
will offer health plan customers additional tools to derive cost estimates for
delivery to providers through CareCost Estimator.

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Health plans that support CareCost Estimator today calculate treatment
estimates using their internal systems and deliver the information to Availity
to display to the provider in real-time. This gives providers the information
they need to collect the patient's financial responsibility at the point of
care, helping to improve the practice's cash flow and accounts receivable. The
integration of the Cost Calculator helps Availity respond to those health
plans that need solutions for generating the treatment estimates.

"Patients need accurate, customized cost estimates to make informed decisions
about their care," said Russ Thomas, president and chief operating officer for
Availity. "Working with Thomson Reuters is another step Availity is taking to
advance cost transparency and improve provider and patient satisfaction."

"We are delighted to work with Availity to help advance transparency in health
care," said David Crean, senior vice president for the Health Care and Science
business at Thomson Reuters. "Integrating the Treatment Cost Calculator within
the Availity portal and the provider workflow helps to further our shared
mission of delivering reliable health information in real-time."

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 Thomson Reuters
The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters produces insights, information,
benchmarks and analysis that enable organizations to manage costs, improve
performance and enhance the quality of healthcare. Thomson Reuters is the
world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and
professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to
deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial,
legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered
by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York
and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs
more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on
the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI); Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI);
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information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.

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David Johnson of Availity, LLC, +1-904-470-4910, david.johnson@availity.com