Duke Physicians to Serve as Field Laboratory.

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RALEIGH, N.C.--(BW HealthWire)--April 5, 2001

Trac Medical, Inc. of Raleigh, N.C. announced today it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Duke University Affiliated Physicians for this pre-eminent group to serve as a field laboratory for validation of their form processing application and future enhancements to their application service platform.

This group is comprised of 83 physicians in an 8 county area serving the Duke University Health Centers.

These physicians consist of primary care providers that are routinely involved in the delivery of home medical equipment and clinical services to their patient population. This group will provide repute and credibility on a national scale and valuable input on physician needs for electronic applications for form and report applications in the home health care market.

Trac Medical is also pleased to note they have engaged the services of two noted academics as technology consultants and valuators.

Mr. Dave Kirby, Director, Center for Information Technology Innovation (CITI) for Duke University Medical Center and Director, TeleHealth for Duke University Health Systems will be the evaluator and program coordinator. He will validate compliance for HIPAA issues, while at the same time validating the technology application. Mr. Kirby is nationally recognized as an expert of national repute on HIPAA guidelines.

Dr. Linda Goodwin, Duke University School of Nursing Division Chief - Health Systems and Primary Care, Joint Appointment - Community and Family Medicine, will serve as an informatics consultant. Dr. Goodwin is a highly regarded author on the impact of informatics in the healthcare setting. She will evaluate the activity based cost management of the system.

Trac Medical as an application service provider delivers a secure healthcare transaction network that embraces requirements for certification of use for durable medical equipment under the proposed Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Health care suppliers must adhere to the proposed HIPAA regulations in order to process claims for reimbursements within the next 18-24 months. Suppliers not adhering to these regulations will not be able to receive reimbursements under these new guidelines. The eCMN Management System provides a secure and expeditious means for durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers to obtain the necessary authorization for supporting health care documentation from physicians to place medical devices for their patients.