EAST WINDSOR, N.J., Sept. 7, 2006, Sep 7, 2006 (PRIMEZONE via COMTEX News Network) -- CareGain Inc., a business unit of Fiserv Health, announced today that the National Account Service Company LLC (NASCO), the claims processing and system solutions provider for a number of BlueCross(r) and BlueShield(r) Plans, will integrate CareGain's Defined Care(r) Platform into NASCO's national claims system. All BlueCross and BlueShield plans that use the NASCO claims system will have access to CareGain's Defined Care Platform. The relationship will allow participating NASCO plans to quickly implement comprehensive consumer-directed plans. The Defined Care Platform allows the integration of multiple account types (health reimbursement accounts, health savings accounts and flexible savings accounts) with debit cards, incentive programs, decision tools, health risk assessments and financial institutions.

"NASCO's partnership with CareGain and the purchase of its Defined Care Platform is a key component of our consumerism strategy," said Mike Price, director of NASCO Consumer and eBusiness Solutions. "Integrating with the consumer-directed healthcare platform will enable our systems to more effectively meet the changing needs of our plan customers and the 'end consumer' in the marketplace. Seamlessly integrating the platform with NASCO's existing capabilities will enhance our ability to make healthcare data available to consumers."

CareGain's Defined Care Platform enables health plans to address multiple areas of cost containment, resource management and care improvement. The flexible platform is seamlessly integrated into existing systems and enables HRA-, HSA- and FSA-based plan designs. It also provides connectivity to online disease management and cost comparison tools, pharmacy benefit managers and multiple financial institutions.

"Our partnership with an organization NASCO's size is a major milestone for CareGain. The opportunity to work with their BlueCross and BlueShield customer plans across the United States is exciting," said Madan Moudgal, chief operating officer for CareGain. "Our ASP model will allow NASCO plans to quickly implement comprehensive CDH offerings."

About NASCO

Formed in 1987, NASCO offers system and service solutions exclusively to many BlueCross(r) and BlueShield(r) (BCBS) Plans. NASCO's flexible, cost-effective approach to health benefits processing through its centralized processing system offers solutions that give customers a competitive edge in the healthcare marketplace. A single system connecting many BlueCross and BlueShield Plans across the country, NASCO is currently used to process healthcare claims for more than 1,500 accounts. In 2005, BlueCross and BlueShield Plan customers used NASCO to process more than 127 million claims for over 10 million members. Web site: www.nasco.com.

About CareGain

CareGain Inc. enables health plans to flexibly, rapidly and cost-effectively create and administer consumer directed health plans, while leveraging their own internal systems and infrastructure. Their platform enables sophisticated plan designs through the use of multiple account structures. CareGain was founded in 2001 and became a division of Fiserv Health in December 2005 (www.fiservhealth.com). CareGain is based in East Windsor, N.J., and is a Solutions Partner of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). CareGain can be found on the Internet at www.caregain.com.

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About Fiserv Health

Fiserv Health provides a full array of integrated health plan management, claims processing and administration services for self-funded medical, dental, vision and disability plans. Fiserv Health is able to deliver the flexible service of a benefits administrator with the scale and financial stability of a carrier. Fiserv Health offers health plan management, pharmacy benefits management and business process outsourcing services to self-funded commercial and government employers and health plans. The Fiserv Health group also includes CareGain, a consumer driven health plan software platform; Innoviant, a pharmacy benefits administrator; Avidyn Health, a care management company; ppoONE, a claim repricing and data management organization; JW Hutton, a subrogation and overpayment recovery organization; Third Party Solutions, a workers' compensation prescription company; P2P Link, offering electronic billing and payment between providers and payers in workers comp claims; and Fiserv Health Plan Management, which offers administration, management and consultation services for health plans. Find out more at www.fiservhealth.com.

About Fiserv Inc.

Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV), a Fortune 500 company, provides information management systems and services to the financial and health benefits industries. Leading services include transaction processing, outsourcing, business process outsourcing, software and systems solutions. The company serves more than 17,000 clients worldwide and is the leading provider of core processing solutions for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Fiserv was ranked the largest provider of information technology services to the financial services industry worldwide in the 2005 and 2004 FinTech 100 surveys. Fiserv Health provides health plan management, pharmacy benefits management and BPO services to the managed care market and self-funded commercial and government employers and health plans. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., Fiserv reported more than $4 billion in total revenue for 2005. For more information, please visit www.fiserv.com.

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SOURCE: CareGain

Fiserv Health 
          Susan Ford-Hoffert
            715-841-6613 
          Mike Muckian
            262-879-5667
          Russell LaMontagne
            212-255-5340

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