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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Foresight Contact:
DUBLIN, OH, November 29 2006 – Foresight Corporation’s Chief Technical Officer Ed Hafner has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI). Hafner also co-chairs the WEDI Transaction Testing Sub-Workgroup (SWG) and hosts a bi-weekly call-in program on preparing for the coming transition to the National Provider Identifier (NPI). He was elected at the organization’s November conference. “I am thrilled to have this chance to help lead the health care industry toward reducing administrative expense,” Hafner said. “Improving electronic transactions helps our health care clients process claims-related transactions faster, more accurately, and at a lower cost.” At Foresight, Hafner sets the technical direction for Foresight's suite of business intelligence solutions for healthcare. He joined the company from Ultryx Corporation, where he oversaw product strategy, technology, and product development operations as CTO. Prior to this, he held a variety of positions during his 14-year tenure at Sterling Commerce, eventually assuming the role of vice president of development and operations, where he managed all B2B activities including portal development, product development, business systems development, global operations and technical support. The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is a broad-based healthcare industry coalition headquartered in Reston, Virginia, near Washington, DC. About Foresight Corporation Working closely with customers, business partners, and industry groups, Foresight pioneers new business intelligence solutions for healthcare. The nation’s largest payers and more than half of all Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations trust Foresight Corporation’s Transaction Insight® platform to provide insight into business operations while securing HIPAA compliance, shortening revenue cycles, reducing administrative costs and improving provider relations. Since 1990 Foresight has helped its customers build networks compliant with standards, connect partners, validate transactions, and filter them for fast and easy repair. Today Foresight is the leader in transaction automation and pioneer of the first real time business intelligence techniques for health care. For more information, visit the company at www.foresightcorp.com or call 1.888.500.0800. ###
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