01.11.07 | TRANSFIRST and Advanced Data Systems Corp Announce Partnership to Integrate Credit Card Processing For Physician Practice Management System

Fully integrated state-of-the-art technology will enable physicians to seamlessly process credits card transactions from their system replacing traditional stand alone systems. This technology not only addresses the shift to private pay revenue but also delivers productivity and work flow efficiencies.

DALLAS and MAYWOOD (January 11, 2007) — TRANSFIRST Health Services, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of TRANSFIRST HOLDINGS, INC., a leading provider of credit card processing services and payment enabling technologies, and Advanced Data Systems Corp, a leading provider of Practice Management systems serving over 30,000 physicians, today announced a partnership that will provide Advanced Data Systems ("ADS") customers with fully integrated payment processing capabilities. The new service linking the TRANSFIRST TRANSACTION CENTRAL™ system to the ADS system dramatically improves on traditional stand alone POS systems through efficiency in handling co-pay and post-adjudication payment from patients. Staff in the physician's office can process credit card and ACH payments without leaving the ADS system realizing productivity and work flow gains from full integration.

The new service combines TRANSFIRST's processing capabilities for credit card and ACH, manual and automatic recurring payments, and custom reports with the ADS practice management system. Utilizing one system ADS customer functionality includes patient information, financial ledger, reporting, scheduling, EDI, billing, prescriptions, EMR and now credit card and ACH payment processing. Physician staff will have access to credit card and ACH payment processing anywhere within the ADS system. The payment response from TRANSFIRST will post directly into the ADS system eliminating the need for redundant data entry.

"The growing trend in healthcare shifting financial responsibility from third parties to patients has resulted in increased A/R days for many practices. Historically practices have focused their effort towards third party collection. ADS has recognized this shift and have once again provided our customers with the tools for increased productivity and cash flow," explains David Barzillai, ADS President. "At ADS we continually listen to our customer base and monitor industry changes allowing us to deliver the most technically advanced user friendly system in the market."

Marc Klar, ADS Director of Marketing states, "We heard the gripe and now we offered the swipe. Physicians can now accept credit cards and swipe directly into the ADS system at the front desk. In the back office, staff can easily select credit card or ACH information securely stored in TRANSACTION CENTRAL system and accessed through the ADS system OR enter new card information into a data entry screen for card-not-present transactions. Our system will put money in the physician's pockets faster and addresses every current means for payment acceptance and posting in their busy practices."

Christy Corey, President for TRANSFIRST's Health Services division explains, "This partnership is another advance in the healthcare market between two technology firms delivering a powerful solution to address the growing trend of private pay. Currently most practices utilize stand alone systems to process the patient pay portion. These systems are neither efficient nor cost effective in processing patient payments. Healthcare has been lagging in certain segments of technology especially in the aspect of payment processing. Business owners in food or home improvement industries can process payments from consumers via a fully integrated system yet the most advanced healthcare system is the world still utilizes stand alone systems. We believe our newly formed partnership with ADS addresses this situation."

About Advanced Data Systems Corp
Innovation and Excellence in Healthcare Systems since 1977
Our Mission since 1977 has been to manufacture and supply the leading state-of-the-art Physician Billing and Practice Management software solution, which is noted for its vastly superior efficiency resulting in optimum productivity by requiring the least number of keystrokes / mouse clicks. Complimenting our software solutions, our Mission has also been to provide our Customers with the finest Training, Support, and Service. Our Vision since 1977 is to ensure that our software solutions meet the challenges of the Healthcare Industry where changes are frequent and often dramatic. ADS accomplishes this through continual monitoring of the Healthcare Industry for events that require system changes, analysis of required changes to facilitate creating and testing software updated to ensure system integrity and distributing required system changes to our Customers in a timely manner that is well in advance of required implementation dates. Our Goal is to maintain our position as the leading independent provider of Physician Billing and Practice Management solutions to the Healthcare Industry. More than 30,000 Physicians across every practice size and specialty rely on software solutions provided by Advanced Data Systems. For more information contact Marc Klar at 1-800-899-4237 ext 2046 or e-mail at marc@adsc.com

About TRANSFIRST
A premier provider of transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies, TRANSFIRST offers a first-rate suite of products and services and customized processing programs uniquely tailored for the special business needs of financial institutions, independent sales organizations and agents and its referral and reseller partners. Through its in-depth industry knowledge, partnership strategy and innovative solutions, TRANSFIRST provides a specialized approach to transaction processing for healthcare providers, public entities, online and other non-traditional merchants, as well as brick and mortar retailers. Founded in 1995, TRANSFIRST is a market leader in strategic mergers and acquisitions, which has allowed the company to gain significant market share and world-class expertise in growing and profitable industry segments. Built on a platform of personal service, customer commitment and flexible pricing, TRANSFIRST is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has operations facilities in Louisville, Colo., Omaha, Neb., Kansas City, Kan., Newport Beach, Calif., and Milwaukee, Wis. Company wide, TRANSFIRST currently processes approximately $25 billion in annual sales volume for more than 160,000 merchants and more than 965 financial institutions. TRANSFIRST can be reached at 1-800-745-2659 or at www.TRANSFIRST.com.