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APP Design Client HealthxNet now processes over 400,000 transactions per month for over 3,000 users, representing more than 5,000 providers. Albuquerque-based HealthxNet provides Eligibility and Benefits, Claim Status, Pre-authorization, Patient Census and Claims Processing for local payers, Molina Healthcare, Lovelace Health System, Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico, and New Mexico Medicaid, along with national payers, such as Aetna, Cigna, Humana, and Tricare.

“APP has helped us build the strong infrastructure necessary to support our 24/7 operations.” says Joseph Speroni, Vice President of HealthxNet. “Their rigorous approach to software development and depth of healthcare experience allows us to integrate new features and data feeds quickly and release confident that they’ll run perfectly first time, every time.”

In operation since 1999, HealthXnet® health information exchange seeks to encourage cooperation, improve administrative efficiencies, and enhance the ability to deliver quality care to its member organizations by streamlining the flow of information among hospitals, health plans, physicians and other healthcare organizations. More information about HealthxNet is available at http://www.healthxnet.com.

APP Design designs and develops healthcare information delivery systems. HealthxNet has been an APP Design client since 2005.

JVC Americas has chosen RevCast LLC’s Integrated Merchandising System (IMS) to manage its products at more than 3,000 Wal-Mart and 800 Best Buy locations across the US.

IMS allows consistent views of both sets of data, even though Wal-Mart’s data comes from RetailLink and Best Buy’s data is EDI. IMS extracts and translates both sets of data to a common format that allows easy analysis.

IMS not only reduces the time it takes to retrieve data, but also provides analytical tools and historical data. IMS allows analysts to focus on analysis rather than repetitive data gathering and formatting chores. In addition, it should provides trending and analysis to pro-actively manage overstocks and out of stocks, leading to significant cost savings over time.

About JVC
JVC Company of America is a division of JVC Americas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Victor Company of Japan, Limited. JVC is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated audio and video products that use superior technologies to deliver high quality sound and images. For 80 years the JVC brand name has been associated with the very best in audio and video entertainment.

About RevCast LLC
RevCast, a joint venture between RevCast Inc. and APP Design, was founded by a team of retail information system veterans. Our goal is to build robust, easy to use information tools for analysis of large amounts of retail data. We also provide consulting services to help our clients leverage our tools and augment their staff. Our flagship product is the Integrated Merchandising System, which allows retail analysts unparalleled power in an easy to use tool.

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WNYHealtheNet web application wins Healthcare Achievement Award

BUFFALO, NY –April 26, 2006 – WNYHealtheNet is the recipient of the 2006 Buffalo Niagara 2006 BETA Award in the Healthcare Achievement category. The announcement was made March 23 by InfoTech Niagara.

Each year, the Buffalo/Niagara Emerging Technology Awards (BETA) are presented to companies, organizations, and people who seek to discover, honor, and promote the efforts of those who have served as innovators, creators and advocates of new technologies, new methods of integrating technology and of economic development through technology in Western New York. The awards are sponsored by InfoTech Niagara, a coalition of companies and people involved with information and computing technologies in Western New York.

WNYHealtheNet (pronounced as “Western New York Healthy Net”) earned honors in the Healthcare Achievement category, which recognizes a local healthcare organization that best embodies the vision, most inventive ideas, and the broadest leadership in technological innovation.
“The BETA award signifies that the local technology and medical communities have recognized WNYHealtheNet as an ever-evolving, mainstream organization whose website adds value and administratively simplifies office practices through the imposition of industry standards,” said Tom Unger, Grapevine Consulting, contracted program manager for WNYHealtheNet. “The success has been a result of working with experienced technology partners, including Chicago-based APP Design Inc., and PCI of Buffalo.”

WNYHealtheNet is a database-driven software tool available via the Internet. It is a collaboration by the region’s major hospitals and all health insurance plans, and allows for on-line, real-time administrative transaction processing.

“WNYHealtheNet is an amazing success story,” said Rob Quinn, president of APP Design, the company that created the WNYHealtheNet software application, and built the country’s first community health network, Wisconsin Health Information Network (WHIN). “It’s been a privilege to have contributed to WNYHealtheNet, which drives down health care costs, as it saves physicians and providers nearly $20 every time a referral is made, and $1 for every transaction. When considering that the application supports nearly two million transactions every month, the cost savings add up quickly.”

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Nestlé Waters North America has chosen APP Design’s partner RevCast and it’s Integrated Merchandising System (IMS) to manage it’s stock levels for more than 3,000 Wal-Mart locations across the US.

Wal-Mart has RetailLink to distribute POS data, but, even with this interface, the job of analyzing and managing stock throughout Wal-Mart’s US operations is a full-time job for two CPFR analysts. The problem, however, is not the analysis but the time it takes to retrieve the vast amounts of data and transform it into a format suitable for analysis.

IMS not only reduces the time it takes to retrieve data from RetailLink, but also provides analytical tools and historical data – which RetailLink lacks. IMS allows analysts to focus on analysis rather than repetitive data gathering and formatting chores. In addition, it should provides trending and analysis to pro-actively manage overstocks and out of stocks, leading to significant cost savings over time.

The primary reasons behind the decision to go with IMS was that the software was simple and intuitive, and provided ample data transport and analytical tools.

Nestlé Waters North America
Nestlé Waters North America is the nation’s largest bottled water company, with many leading domestic and imported brands sold in the United States and Canada. Nestlé Waters North America has been in business since 1976.

About RevCast LLC
RevCast, a joint venture between RevCast Inc. and APP Design, was founded by a team of retail information system veterans. Our goal is to build robust, easy to use information tools for analysis of large amounts of retail data. We also provide consulting services to help our clients leverage our tools and augment their staff. Our flagship product is the Integrated Merchandising System, which allows retail analysts unparalleled power in an easy to use tool.

Victor Products, a leading provider of automotive after market accessories, uses APP Design’s partner RevCast LLC, for retail management and inventory control.

“RevCast took extra time to thoroughly consider all aspects of Victor’s issues and the result is a system that is targeted precisely to our needs.”, said Ed Carpenter, VP of Operations. “Your software will not only help us to significantly reduce inventory levels and improve our service but it will also eliminate many hours of manual analysis. The tedious process of forecasting inventory for retail customers, previously considered a “black art” is now a matter of a few key strokes.”

Mr. Carpenter continued, “All of our major concerns were acknowledged and addressed during the course of the project. The results from this effort exceeded my expectations in many ways.”

About RevCast LLC
RevCast, a joint venture between RevCast Inc. and APP Design, was founded by a team of retail and information system veterans. Our goal is to build robust, easy to use information tools for analysis of large amounts of retail data. We also provide consulting services to help our clients leverage our tools and augment their staff. Our flagship product is the Integrated Merchandising System, which allows retail analysts unparalleled power in an easy to use tool.