ADP Context Partners with Scheduling.com; Agreement Combines Real-Time Medical Necessity Checking With Enterprise-Wide Scheduling Services Via the Internet.

Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers

WESTMONT, Ill.--(BW HealthWire)--March 28, 2001

ADP Context, a leading developer of coding, editing and clinical compliance products for the healthcare industry, announced today a multi-year agreement with scheduling.com, a web-native application service provider (ASP) that delivers Access Management applications and services to the healthcare enterprise, including hospitals, clinics, providers, payers and consumers.

The agreement allows scheduling.com to use ADP Context's online engine to conduct real-time medical necessity checks on patients being scheduled for hospital services within scheduling.com's customer base.

"We are very excited to be part of scheduling.com's product offerings," said Mark Earles, General Manager, ADP Context. "This is the only national Internet-based clinical review engine available online and combined with scheduling.com's product, it creates a much needed solution to the hospital scheduling environment," Earles added.

"Our relationship with ADP Context is consistent with our strategy of partnering only with best-of-breed companies that continually allow scheduling.com to expand its services and provide customers with a superior product," said John Holton, Chief Executive Officer, scheduling.com. "We are pleased to be ADP Context's sole partner to provide real-time medical necessity information, and we feel that ADP Context has the most complete offering available."

Founded in 1999, scheduling.com has revolutionized how hospitals connect to physicians and physicians connect to consumers, all in real-time via the Internet. Headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., scheduling.com's team of experts has developed a cutting-edge ASP that enables healthcare professionals to evaluate the status of patients before appointments.

Scheduling.com is the first company to provide true web-native, enterprise-wide access management solutions to the healthcare industry. Scheduling.com offers the benefits of the best scheduling and registration systems, powered by the flexibility of the Web.

Scheduling.com is committed to meeting Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements. Currently, the company has 100 employees and additional offices in Tucson, Ariz., and Santa Rosa, Calif. For more information on scheduling.com, please visit www.scheduling.com.

Westmont, Illinois-based ADP Context develops and markets medical coding, clinical editing and fee products designed to improve compliance in the healthcare marketplace. ADP Context is a strategic business unit of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE:ADP), one of the largest independent computing service firms in the world, with more than $6 billion in annual revenues and 500,000 clients.

ADP Context is headquartered at 601 Oakmont Lane, Westmont, IL, 60559. More information about ADP Context's complete line of coding and compliance applications may be located at the company's web site: http://www.adpcontext.com or by calling 800/783-3378.