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July 27, 2010

Vangent to Modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA)

Vangent will provide design and development support to ensure VA meets HIPAA 5010 compliance.

ARLINGTON, VA, July 27, 2010 - Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and strategic business process solutions, will upgrade the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)’s Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) to meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Electronic Transaction Standards, enabling streamlined third-party health care revenue and payments.  Vangent will operate as a key subcontractor to Engineering Services Network, Inc. (ESN) under a one-year Veterans Technology Services (VETS) task order valued at $10.9 million if all options are exercised.

“Our latest win with the VA builds on Vangent’s work with the VA for more than 18 years, including the design, development and implementation of previous Electronic Data Interchange programs,” said Mac Curtis, President and CEO, Vangent, Inc. “Our work on the previous 4010 VistA software enhancements provides us with unique insight and expertise that we will leverage to quickly and efficiently achieve success.”

HIPAA 5010 requires the healthcare industry to adopt new transactional standards to exchange electronic administrative and financial information between healthcare providers and health plans for patient care services, eligibility inquiries, service authorization, referrals, claims status requests, claims, and remittance advice (claims payment).  This requirement will result in substantial changes in the content of the data submitted as well as the data available in response to electronic inquiries. The implementation will require changes to the software, systems, and perhaps procedures used for billing payers. To help the VA meet the latest 5010 requirements and upcoming January 1, 2011 Level I compliance deadline, Vangent will serve as software development technical lead and provide support on the VHA CBO eBusiness projects including eInsurance Verification, eClaims/eMRA, ePharmacy, ePayments, and National Provider Identifier (NPI).

Vangent’s HIPAA 5010 team of experts will include team leaders, developers, and analysts.  They will work together to conduct requirements analysis, design and develop the necessary software, and complete full testing.  This work effort is similar to Vangent’s previous work on the successful original HIPAA 4010 and NCPDP v. 5.1 VistA software enhancements in support of the VHA Revenue Cycle and VHA HIPAA EDI initiatives.

Vangent will operate under prime contractor, Engineering Services Network, Inc. (ESN).  Additional team members on the project include Harris Corporation and 7 Delta, Inc.

About Vangent, Inc.
Vangent, Inc. is a global provider of consulting, systems integration, human capital management, and business process services to the U.S. federal and international governments, higher education institutions, and corporations. Vangent’s 8,000 employees support clients including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the U.S. Departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor; and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. Census Bureau as well as Fortune 500 companies. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company has offices throughout the U.S. and in the U.K., Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina. For more information, visit www.vangent.com.

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