NDCHealth Physician Solutions Group Fortifies Selling Partner Effort

ATLANTA, March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Setting a new level of collaboration, NDCHealth Corporation outlined its business direction for its Physician Solutions group at the company's Annual VAR (Value Added Reseller) Partner Summit, held in Las Vegas, Nev.

"The goal of this year's VAR Partner Summit was to set a business direction for mutual success with our selling partners," said Steve Kilguss, vice president and general manager, physician solutions, NDCHealth. Kilguss is a healthcare information technology industry veteran who joined NDCHealth last fall to lead the physician business.

According to Mike Penna, president of NDCLytec(R) VAR, Complete Healthcare Solutions, Inc., NDCHealth's message demonstrated the company's fresh new thinking and leadership.

"Never before has the NDCHealth VAR community so clearly understood NDCHealth's mission," said Penna. "NDCHealth is committed to partnering with effective, stable VARs with proven business plans to drive sales and who provide quality service and training for their solutions. I sincerely support their efforts in collaboration."

Eighteen-year NDCMedisoft(TM) VAR, Janet McWilliams, president of JBS of Central Florida, said, "The ease of use and functionality found in Version 10 has propelled NDCMedisoft to the front of the pack for low cost, feature rich practice management software. I believe Version 10 is the cream of the crop. The added features in the collection module, plus all the bonuses in this release will be appreciated by new and long time users alike."

"NDCHealth and its VARs mutually deliver comprehensive work solutions that extend beyond the fundamental software products and services," added Kilguss. "Our combined offerings include interfaces, integration, add-on applications, training support and services, both local and remote. We believe that our partnership delivers the best comprehensive solutions offerings to the medical professionals we serve together."

Approximately 350 VARs attended this year's VAR Partner Summit, which featured functionality module reviews, industry thought leader presentations and the debut of NDCMedisoft(TM) Version 10, the latest release of the company's leading physician practice management system. NDCHealth also announced it already was working on the next versions of NDCLytec and NDCMedisoft, making great strides to improve VAR support services, enhancing the functionality of transaction services that include claims and statement processing, eligibility verification, and e-prescribing, along with implementing plans to expand web-based training programs.

About NDCHealth

NDCHealth is a leading information solutions company serving all sectors of healthcare. Its network solutions have long been among the nation's leading, automating the exchange of information among pharmacies, payers, hospitals and physicians. Its systems and information management solutions help improve operational efficiencies and business decision making for providers, retail pharmacy and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Headquartered at Atlanta, Ga., NDCHealth provides information vital to the delivery of healthcare every day. For more information, visit http://www.ndchealth.com/ .

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