EANS-News: CompuGROUP Holding AG / CompuGROUP supports the largest merger in the history of statutory health insurance funds.

Koblenz - 02 April 2009: CompuGROUP Holding AG, one of Europe´s
leading e-health service provider based in Koblenz, supported the
merger of IKK-Direkt and the Techniker Krankenkasse by consolidating
all member data.

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Koblenz (euro adhoc) - In 1992, there were still more than 1,200
statutory health insurance funds in Germany. Developments in recent
years reduced that figure to 203 as of January 2009. Experts predict
that much less than 100 health insurers will still be operating three
to four years from now. One example of this trend is a series of
mergers like the one involving IKK-Direkt and the Techniker
Krankenkasse (TK). 800,000 members of IKK-Direkt were consolidated
with the 6.3 million members of the Techniker Krankenkasse in the
largest merger involving health insurers from different branches in
the history of statutory health insurance funds.

Having successfully supported the integration of the
Gärtnerkrankenkasse into the Techniker Krankenkasse, CompuGROUP, an
e-health specialist based in Koblenz, proceeded to migrate member
data from the ISKV system used by IKK- Direct to a data format
suitable for transfer into the application system "TK easy" of the
Techniker Krankenkasse. The final steps in this extensive project
were completed in January 2009. Also involved along with the
Techniker Krankenkasse and CompuGROUP was the project partner Comline
AG. The automatic data transfer rate of 97% is regarded as very high.

"We are pleased to note that two competing insurers were able to
cooperate flexibly and smoothly in the interest of their
policyholders. Thanks to the punctual migration of the relevant data,
everyone insured by IKK-Direkt was able to receive full, qualified
customer support from the Techniker Krankenkasse from the day the
merger took effect", reports Michael Pätsch, Head of IT at the
Techniker Krankenkasse.

Following the migration of current member and benefits data, the
second phase will involve the transfer of historical membership and
benefits data to a "merger archive".

"On the basis of our in-depth knowledge of the ISKV system and
available data migration solutions, we have specialized in data
consolidation. This enabled us to ensure rapid, reliable integration
while responding appropriately to other requirements during normal
business operations - e.g. the input of data into accessible
electronic health card (eGK) systems like cardtrust", explains
Andreas Zikofsky, Managing Director of CompuGROUP Services GmbH. "Our
work on this project offers impressive proof that we are the ideal
partner for health insurers when it comes to future merger projects,"
adds Zikofsky.

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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