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State’s Largest Health Insurer Will Offer Providers Real-Time Access to Patient Data via NaviNet to Reduce Administrative Costs, Improve Provider Service and Increase Member Satisfaction

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – October 12, 2009 – NaviNet, America’s largest real-time health care communications network, and New Jersey’s largest health insurer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ), announced today an agreement in which Horizon BCBSNJ will use NaviNet’s multi-payer, Web-based portal as its exclusive secure information exchange with providers. With NaviNet, providers will be able to reduce paperwork, simplify the administrative process and reduce expenses by electronically exchanging patient information, claims data and benefit information with Horizon BCBSNJ.

“The ability for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to exchange information more effectively with our network providers will improve the overall efficiency of the health care system and reduce costs for everyone,” said Christy Bell, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Management, Horizon BCBSNJ. “With NaviNet’s portal capabilities, our network physicians will save time and money in interacting with us and we will be better able to serve them and our members.”

More than 70 percent of Horizon BCBSNJ’s provider network already uses NaviNet to exchange information with other regional and national health plans. NaviNet will offer an array of unique services beyond industry standards, including the ability to exchange test results and patient medical history in real-time. Horizon BCBSNJ will roll out its fully branded Web portal through NaviNet Enterprise in 2010.

“We are pleased to welcome Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to the NaviNet Network,” said Brad Waugh, president and chief executive officer NaviNet. “From day one, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will leverage our established provider network to reach over 45,000 New Jersey providers currently transacting via NaviNet. NaviNet is proud to partner with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey as it becomes a driving force behind health information exchange in New Jersey.”

With the addition of Horizon BCBSNJ, NaviNet becomes the largest health information exchange network in New Jersey, representing 90 percent of commercially insured members in the state.

“We are very eager to begin interacting with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield via NaviNet because it allows us to access a broad range of information for nearly all of our patients from a single Web site in real-time,” said Jeanne Rosser, office manager, Berlin Medical Associates. “We look forward to taking advantage of the NaviNet tools that Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will provide to help us better manage our patient population.”

About Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state’s oldest and largest health insurer, is a not-for-profit health services corporation. Horizon BCBSNJ serves over 3.6 million members and is headquartered in Newark with offices in Wall, Mt. Laurel, and West Trenton.

Horizon BCBSNJ provides a wide variety of health and dental insurance products and services, including Medicare and Medicaid products, for businesses and individuals. Horizon BCBSNJ is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Learn more at www.HorizonBlue.com.

About NaviNet
NaviNet is America’s largest real-time healthcare communications network, securely linking more than 800,000 providers and the nation’s patients, industry partners and leading health plans. NaviNet’s advanced solutions, services and expertise streamline business processes and drive industry-leading innovation. In a time when access to healthcare is a critical issue, NaviNet fosters collaboration and helps government, plans and providers improve quality of care and reduce costs. For more information, or to sign up for NaviNet, please visit www.NaviNet.net or call 617-715-6000 or 800-805-7569. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/NaviNet.

Media Contacts:
NaviNet, Inc.
Rob Conant
617-715-6036
rconant@NaviNet.net

Schwartz Communications
Mercedes Fereck or Payal Cudia
781-684-0770
NaviNet@schwartz-pr.com

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Daniel Emmer
973-466-4805
mailto:Daniel_Emmer@HorizonBlue.com