ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) has successfully implemented the AMISYS Advance payer software system, the ninth ASI customer to go live on the system.

GHP, one of the country's largest not-for-profit rural HMOs, will process claims for more than 211,000 members using the enterprise-wide and functionally deep AMISYS Advance application. The application will support GHP's complete range of business, including claims adjudication, billing, enrollment, membership, and capitation processing.

"We relied on ASI a great deal during the implementation," said Bernie Huff, GHP's Vice President of Information Technology. "They provided excellent support during the transition."

Al Gain, ASI's Vice President of Technical Services, said that the alliance of the GHP and ASI teams enabled the migration of extensive amounts of custom code while implementing AMISYS Advance. This project was accomplished with unprecedented speed and accuracy.

"The dedication, experience and collaboration inherent within ASI and GHP's partnership led to a successful migration to AMISYS Advance," Gain said. "This is another example of solid business partnership in action."

GHP utilized ASI's Technical Services team for expert migration services, which included completion of environmental set-up services, data migration for core and custom databases, migration of custom code, and system capacity evaluation. ASI's Technical Services team also supplied on-site migration specialists to ensure GHP's successful implementation.

AMISYS Advance delivers high claims first pass rates and provides health plans with the proven architecture required to successfully manage complex processing requirements. AMISYS Advance is part of ASI's broad product portfolio, which includes a uniquely consumer-centric care management system as well as a comprehensive consumer-directed healthcare administration offering.

About Amisys Synertech Inc. (ASI)

ASI (www.asihealth.com) advances health plan business through its industry-leading products and services. The company delivers comprehensive, mission-critical information management software products and Web capabilities that meet the needs of nearly every healthcare payer model. ASI also provides leading business process outsourcing and application hosting for health plans, supporting a multimillion-member base through its claims processing and consumer-directed services. ASI has offices in Rockville, Md., Harrisburg, Pa., Dubuque, Iowa and Hyderabad, India.

Geisinger Health Plan

Geisinger Health Plan is headquartered in Danville, Pa., and serves more than 211,000 members in 40 counties of central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Members of the Plan have access to complete health-care benefits and an extensive network of primary care physicians, including affiliations with hospitals, pharmacies and home health and rehabilitation services. Coverage is available for businesses of all sizes, individuals and families, and Medicare beneficiaries. PPO, self-funded and indemnity plans are sold through its affiliate, Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Company.