ACS Announces $57 Million Contract With Missouri...(t enable patients physicians and pharmac...),Health

Date:3/7/2008

t enable patients, physicians, and pharmacists to access information that will help MO HealthNet Division improve health outcomes, facilitate coordination of care between providers, reduce dangerous drug interactions, minimize duplicate therapies, and reduce unnecessary costs. ACS will also provide Retrospective Drug Utilization Review and federal reporting services using CyberFormance(SM), a fourth component of ACS' EHR suite of web tools.

ACS is a national leader in state healthcare program administration, offering a full spectrum of systems and complementary services through an integrated solution. From care management solutions and child health programs to pharmacy benefits management and traditional Medicaid fiscal agent services, ACS has a proven track record and extensive program management expertise. ACS is also a pioneer in fraud and abuse protection and other cost containment methodologies, and is known for its collaborative approach to client relationships that produce results over the long term. ACS supports more than 23 million program recipients and processes nearly 550 million Medicaid healthcare claims annually, representing close to $50 billion in provider payments. As the nation's largest government program pharmacy benefits administrator, ACS serves 28 states, the District of Columbia and the Department of Labor with drug expenditures totaling more than $13 billion.

For more information about ACS' EHR solutions and ACS' experience in Missouri, please visit http://www.acs-inc.com/informedhealth.

ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 62,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at

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