EANS-News: CompuGROUP Holding AG / Techniker Krankenkasse uses CompuGROUP technology to protect against chip-card abuse.

Koblenz - 01 April 2009: CompuGROUP Holding AG, one of Europe's
leading e-health service providers based in Koblenz, has developed
the new cardtrust system as a means of preventing insurance
card abuse. The Techniker Krankenkasse is now using cardtrust
to protect against abuse and enhance efficiency.

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Koblenz (euro adhoc) - The Techniker Krankenkasse has been using the
Verax List, the predecessor of the present cardtrust service,
since the fourth quarter of 2004. Among other features, the
well-known system developed by CompuGROUP identifies and blocks
expired or cancelled health insurance identification cards.

Integrated within the physicians' information system, the
service checks insurance cards presented by patients. After
verifying the cardholder's entitlement to benefits from the
Techniker Krankenkasse, the system checks to ensure that data
regarding the patient's current co-payment status are correct and
up to date.

Cardtrust provides the Techniker Krankenkasse substantial
protection against billing fraud. Employing a combination of
systems, Germany's largest statutory health insurance fund has been
taking effective measures to prevent the abuse of health insurance
cards for many years, although insurers have been required to do so
by law only since 2007.

According to current plans developed by gematik
(Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH),
the new electronic health card (eGK) will be introduced nationwide
beginning this year. The health insurance identification card
currently in use will be gradually phased out. In order to satisfy
the requirements of the law, insurers need a system that is capable
of protecting both eGKs and health insurance identification cards
against abuse and unauthorized exemption from co-payments for
prescriptions.

On the basis of the proven Verax service, CompuGROUP
developed the new cardtrust system, which offers the protection
required by law for both types of cards.

"With cardtrust, we now offer all statutory health insurance
funds an innovative solution that identifies cases of abuse on a
day-to-day basis and protects our health care system against major
losses. The service is available immediately and will provide
effective protection both during and after the transition phase
for the eGK", notes Jan Broer, Chief Marketing Officer of
CompuGROUP Holding AG, with regard to the impact of the new system.

As Hermann Bärenfänger from the Techniker Krankenkasse explains,
"The decision in favour of cardtrust was logical and consistent.
We had already avoided annual losses in the high million range
with Verax. The use of cardtrust will pay off for us and our
policyholders in a very real sense. We are pleased to have found
a proven partner in CompuGROUP, a company that is able to offer
trustworthy e-health technologies quickly and reliably, especially
during times of change."

About CompuGROUP Holding AG CompuGROUP is one of the leading e-health
companies in the world. Its software products designed to
support medical and organizational activities in physicians'
surgeries and hospitals, its information services for all parties
involved in the health sector and its Web-based personal
medical files contribute to the development of a more reliable and
efficient health service system. The basis for the services offered
by CompuGROUP is an unparalleled customer base comprising some
326,000 physicians, dentists, hospitals and networks, as well as
other service providers. CompuGROUP is the e-health company
with the widest global reach among service providers. The firm
operates in 14 European countries, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa and the U.S. and currently employs roughly 2,700 people.

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