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L.A. Care Offers ZixCorp e-Prescribing Services Through Health I.T. Incentive Program

Friday, May 23, 2008 General News
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DALLAS, May 22 Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(R)),(Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in hosted services for email encryption ande-prescribing, today announced that L.A. Care, the nation's largest publichealth plan, will be offering the Company's PocketScript(R) e-PrescribingService through its new Health I.T. Incentive Program. ZixCorp is one ofseveral vendors that will be available through the program.
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L.A. Care launched the Health I.T. Incentive Program in October 2007 as anaddition to its Rewarding Results physician incentive program. The HealthI.T. Incentive Program runs for one year only and will reward physicians foradoption and sustained utilization of healthcare technology, includinge-prescribing. The L.A. Care Program reimburses eligible physicians up to$3,000 for e-Prescribing. Physicians must write a minimum of 80 electronicprescriptions per month for three consecutive months to qualify forreimbursement.
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"Health information technologies, such as e-prescribing, promisesubstantial improvements in quality of care, administrative efficiency andpatient satisfaction. L.A. Care designed the Health I.T. Incentive Program toassist practices that have made or are interested in making an investment intechnology such as e-prescribing," said Dr. Elaine Batchlor, Chief MedicalOfficer at L.A. Care. "L.A. Care partnered with ZixCorp in 2006 to offerlife-saving e-prescribing technology to qualified physicians in Los AngelesCounty and we are excited to offer this technology through our new incentiveprogram. At L.A. Care, we strive to improve patient care by makinge-prescribing accessible to health care providers, who often have limitedresources to invest in patient care technology."

"L.A. Care fully understands that e-prescribing technology can be acritical tool in the prevention of adverse drug events and we are honored tobe part of the new Health I.T. Incentive Program," said Rick Spurr, chiefexecutive officer for ZixCorp. "While our payor customers continue to investin our e-prescribing technology to improve patient safety and to lowerpharmacy spend, they also realize the value of establishing an electronicconnection with the doctor to deliver real-time, patient-specific decisionsupport. This valuable decision support delivered to the point-of-careprovides the opportunity for even further, dramatic improvements in thequality and cost of healthcare."

ZixCorp's PocketScript(R) e-prescribing service enables physicians toorder prescriptions through a secure wireless mobile PDA or secure Web siteand deliver them electronically to the patient's preferred pharmacy.PocketScript provides clinical decision support at the point-of-care withreal-time access to a drug reference guide as well as patient-leveleligibility, formulary, and co-pay information. This allows the prescriber toselect the most cost-effective prescription based on the patient's benefits.The application also provides comprehensive drug-to-drug and drug-to-allergyinteraction alerts based on patient-specific dispensed drug history. Throughpartnerships with RxHub, RelayHealth and SureScripts, PocketScript deliversend-to-end connectivity within the healthcare system to reduce unnecessarycosts, improve patient safety and convenience, and enhance practiceefficiency.

About L.A. Care

L.A. Care Health Plan is a local public agency and health plan servingresidents of Los Angeles County through a variety of programs includingMedi-Cal, Healthy Families, and Healthy Kids. With more than 750,000 enrolledmembers, L.A. Care is one of the largest health plans in California and is thenation's largest public health plan. L.A. Care is a leader in developing newprograms through innovative coalitions and partnerships designed to supportpublic health, the safety net, and health insurance coverage for vulnerablepopulations. For more information, please visit http://www.lacare.org.

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