ProVation MD Software Earns ''2005 Best in KLAS'' Honors; Named Number One in Clinical Procedure Documentation Category of Year-End Report.

MINNEAPOLIS -- ProVation Medical, Inc., provider of procedure documentation, coding and workflow software, announced today that it has been designated Number One in the Clinical Procedure Documentation category of KLAS' 2005 Year-End Top 20 Report. KLAS Enterprises, an independent healthcare IT vendor research firm, recognizes healthcare vendors for their leadership in working with customers to ensure satisfaction. This is the first year that Clinical Procedure Documentation received its own category.

ProVation(R) MD software for multi-specialty procedure documentation and coding compliance replaces dictation/transcription and streamlines the coding and billing process. Driven by deep medical content, ProVation MD allows clinicians to quickly and completely document medical procedures and apply the appropriate CPT and ICD codes, as well as CCI edits. ProVation MultiCare software delivers multispecialty perioperative documentation, streamlining workflow by intelligently reusing data at various points while automatically retrieving data from multiple IT systems.

The "Best in KLAS" ranking measures performance based on customer surveys and in-depth interviews and gauges insight into specific strengths, weaknesses and future expectations for companies and their products. This annual recognition assists medical facilities in providing an unbiased and accurate vehicle for measuring performance in the healthcare industry, allowing for further understanding of how well suppliers and products perform.

"As a company, ProVation Medical is committed to developing and supporting clinical documentation and coding solutions that are second to none," said Arvind Subramanian, Chief Executive Officer, ProVation Medical. "From our in-house development team of physicians and coders to our product development and software engineering departments to our account managers and customer support, we are focused on providing the best product and the best possible service."

Wolters Kluwer, a leading multinational publisher and information services company, recently announced its acquisition of ProVation Medical. ProVation Medical will become part of Wolters Kluwer Health's Clinical Tools unit, which provides embedded content tools to pharmacies, hospitals, insurers and healthcare vendors. "ProVation will continue to serve our customers with world class products and services," continued Subramanian. "Our combined capabilities will create one of the most comprehensive portfolios of medical content across the many points-of-care at a time when organizations are looking to realize the full potential of their EMR investments."

About KLAS Enterprises

Founded in 1996 and based in Orem, Utah, KLAS (www.healthcomputing.com) is the only research and consulting firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare's information technology (HIT) vendors and professional services firms (PSFs). Its staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. KLAS, in concert with thousands of healthcare executives, CIOs, directors, managers and clinicians has created a dynamic database of information on the performance of both HIT vendors and PSFs. The KLAS database represents the opinions of healthcare executives, managers and clinicians from over 4,500 hospitals and 2,500 clinics on more than 300 vendors, 500 products and 35 professional services firms.

About ProVation Medical, Inc.

ProVation Medical, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), a leading healthcare software and services company, provides solutions that significantly enhance revenue and decrease costs per medical procedure. Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers that use ProVation Medical software (1) improve their coding accuracy resulting in a 5-25 percent improvement in reimbursement for their medical procedures, (2) eliminate transcription costs, and (3) consolidate and simplify all the major financial, clinical and administrative tasks that accompany each procedure.

ProVation MD/MultiCare software replaces inefficient dictation/transcription processes, producing complete, billing-ready, image- and diagram-enhanced documentation for multi-specialty clinical procedures. Through an innovative "Anticipatory Interface(R)", the software links deep medical content designed by ProVation's in-house 12-member physician and coding staff to compliant CPT/ICD/CCI-edit reimbursement codes, producing a comprehensive operative note. The result is coder-ready documentation delivering compliance, proper reimbursement, and shortened days in Accounts Receivable with an ROI ranging from 25-200% and payback within 12-20 months. For more information, go to www.provationmedical.com.

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