ACS Signs Five-Year, $100 Million Deal to Provide Technology Services to UMass Memorial Health ...(through an expandedinformation services ...),Health

Date:7/31/2008

through an expanded information services infrastructure," said Charles Bracken, managing director, ACS Healthcare Solutions. "Our deep healthcare knowledge and expertise, gained over nearly 25 years, combined with our integrated, healthcare-specific services and tools, will help us deepen our relationship with UMass Memorial and this facility's patients."

About ACS

ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 63,000 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 http://www.acs-inc.com.

About University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care, Inc.

UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. is the largest health care system in Central and Western Massachusetts, and the clinical partner of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. includes UMass Memorial Medical Center and four community hospitals.

The system also includes a long-term nursing facility, home health and hospice program, behavioral health programs, and community-based physician practices. Approximately 1,500 physicians are members of the medical staff, with 13,000 employees, including 3,000 registered nurses. In total, the hospitals have 1,093 beds. In 2006, 58,762 inpatients were treated and more than one million outpatient visits were counted. 5,346 babies were delivered and the emergency departments handled 233,500 visits.

The statements in this news release that do not directly relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the Company's c
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