Xena Health Integrates With Availity for Real-Time and Batch Transactions

Integration with Availity for Eligibility and Benefits, Claims, Claim Status,
Payment Collection, and Remittance

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Availity, LLC, the industry's
premier health information network, today announced its intent to integrate
several real-time and batch health care transactions with Xena Health, a
leading provider of medical billing and revenue cycle management software.
Health care providers utilizing Xena Health software products will have the
ability to conduct real-time eligibility and benefits and claim status
transactions in addition to submitting HIPAA-compliant claims and receiving
electronic remittance advice files seamlessly through the software,
eliminating the need to visit web portals, submit paper, or conduct phone
calls. Transactions will be routed through the Availity(R) Health Information
Network to deliver trusted administrative and financial information.

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Xena Health will also be one of the first health information technology
vendors to seamlessly support Availity's merchant services solution,
CareCollect(SM), helping to improve revenue cycle management and streamline
workflow. With this integration, Xena Health customers will have the ability
to complete credit and debit transactions in real-time for co-pays or known
deductibles, set up recurring payments, void and credit transactions, and
more, all from within their existing software.

"By integrating our solutions with software vendors like Xena Health, Availity
and its partners are better able to address the growing demands of the health
care industry," said Russ Thomas, president and chief operating officer at
Availity. "Seamless information exchange fosters interoperability, resulting
in significant time and cost savings, and improved patient care. Xena Health
shares that belief and this level of integration demonstrates a commitment to
improving the health care system."

Xena Health offers low cost, easy to use revenue cycle management solutions
including a robust, rules-based claims processing engine, decision support,
reporting, and analysis capabilities to empower health care organizations and
improve health care.

"Our product features, functionality, and ease of use in a low cost pricing
model using SaaS/Cloud technology sets us apart from our competitors," said
Rob Mattioda, Xena Health chief executive officer. "Incorporating an
integrated clearinghouse process solution like Availity continues to
accelerate the A/R cycle and gets money into the hands of the billing
companies and providers using XENA faster."

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 Xena Health
Xena Health is a leading provider of Medical Billing and Revenue Cycle
Management Software delivered as a SaaS - Cloud service over the internet.
Xena's monthly subscription is low cost, predictable, and transparent with no
hidden charges. Xena delivers the same sophisticated applications to customers
regardless of size. For more information, visit www.xena-health.com or call
(860) 670-6438.

SOURCE Availity, LLC

Tony Shepse of Availity, LLC, +1-904-470-4984, tony.shepse@availity.com