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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Selects SeeBeyond ICAN Suite 5.0 as Enterprise-Wide Integration Standard.


MONROVIA, Calif. -- Implementation for Leading Health Plan to Increase Operational Efficiency, Resulting in Reduced Costs and Increased Customer Service

SeeBeyond (Nasdaq:SBYN), provider of the world's first fully integrated suite for advanced integration and composite application In computing, the term composite application expresses a perspective of software engineering that defines an application built by combining multiple services. People often compare composite applications to mashups.  development solutions, today announced selection by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross.  of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein.  (BCBSLA). In an effort that will begin this month, BCBSLA will deploy the SeeBeyond Integrated Composite Application Network (ICAN ICAN International Cesarean Awareness Network Inc
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) Suite 5.0 as its enterprise standard for integration, supporting integration and conversion with legacy and new core systems. This deployment is expected to both reduce operating costs operating costs nplgastos mpl operacionales  and increase customer service through the automation of business processes and improved visibility into data across the enterprise.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana is the largest health plan in Louisiana, covering over one million members. Its size and prominence is reflected in the complexity of its existing technology infrastructure. The SeeBeyond ICAN suite was chosen by BCBSLA in large part due to its capabilities in leveraging legacy systems to create business value while offering increased flexibility in the enterprise-wide technology infrastructure. Having already completed the successful implementation of SeeBeyond's HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health,  compliance solution and aware of its long history of leadership in the healthcare integration space, BCBSLA is confident that the SeeBeyond solution offers the improved process management and performance capabilities to meet the organization's immediate and long-term needs.

"Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is continuously searching for ways to offer increased service and support to our membership, but we are equally concerned with controlling the escalation of operational costs," said Ob Soonthornisma, Chief Information Officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. "The selection of SeeBeyond further underscores our commitment to both of these efforts."

A leading vendor of integration solutions for the healthcare market since 1989, SeeBeyond is a dominant provider of integration technology to some of the largest health insurance companies and integrated delivery systems integrated delivery system Integrated provider Medical practice A coordinated health care system formed by physician groups and hospitals which ↑ efficiency and ↓ redundancy in providing health care; IDSs coordinate delivery of a broad range of health  throughout the world.

"Working with health plans like Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is a large part of our corporate heritage and has contributed to our reputation as a world-class provider of integration technology," said Wayne Owens Douglas Wayne Owens (May 2 1937 – December 18, 2002) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Utah's 2nd congressional district from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1987 to 1993. , general manager of Healthcare for SeeBeyond. "Bolstering our track record of successful enterprise-wide integration solution deployments, we look forward to working with BCBSLA to support the organization's effort in cost-effectively improving service and operational efficiency."

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is Louisiana owned and operated. Marking its 70th anniversary this year, the company is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Blue Cross redirects here. For other uses, see Blue Cross (disambiguation)
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a American federation of 39 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield healthcare
. It is a tax-paying mutual company, owned by its policyholders. The company, headquartered in Baton Rouge, also has district offices in Alexandria, Houma, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans and Shreveport. The Company's subsidiaries include HMO HMO health maintenance organization.

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A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial,
 Louisiana, Inc. and Southern National Life Insurance Company, Inc. More information can be found at the company's website, www.bcbsla.com.

About SeeBeyond

Based on 14 years of software innovation and real-world experience in integrating systems across Global 2000 organizations, SeeBeyond (Nasdaq: SBYN) delivers the industry's first fully J2EE-certified integrated composite application network built on a comprehensive integration platform. Beyond eAI, the SeeBeyond(R) Integrated Composite Application Network (ICAN) Suite helps organizations rapidly assemble and deploy enterprise-scale end-user applications built on existing systems and infrastructure to dramatically improve business operations. SeeBeyond has approximately 1,900 customers worldwide. A sampling of these customers in the healthcare space includes Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


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, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, The Cleveland Clinic, Coventry Healthcare, Group Health Incorporated, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Pfizer, The Regence Group, Sutter Health and UnitedHealth Group. For more information, please visit www.seebeyond.com.

SeeBeyond is a registered trademark of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation SeeBeyond Technology Corporation (formerly Software Technology Corporation) was a software company listed on the NASDAQ stock market (NASDAQ: SBYN). On 28 June 2005 the sale of the company for $387m to Sun Microsystems was announced; the deal was completed by August. . All other brands or product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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