General Motors Selects Medstat to Help Lower Healthcare Costs

    ANN ARBOR, Mich.--June 9, 2003--Medstat, a part of the Thomson Corporation (TSX:TOC), announced today that it signed a multi-year agreement to deliver healthcare information services to the General Motors Corporation (GM). GM is the largest private purchaser of healthcare in the U.S., providing healthcare benefits for approximately 1.2 million enrollees, including employees, retirees, and their families.
    GM plans to use Medstat information solutions to determine the right benefit design and healthcare programs for their unique workforce, and will also work with Medstat to monitor and manage cost and quality associated with employee healthcare. GM will employ Medstat's recognized analysis and risk modeling capabilities to quickly model the cost and quality impact of changes in their health program offerings, enabling them to make quicker, more educated decisions during union negotiations and plan selection.
    "We are pleased to continue our ongoing partnership with GM," said Jon Newpol, vice president and general manager of Medstat's employer business. "We're looking forward to providing GM with continued value and support in managing their healthcare quality, cost, and delivery for their employees."
    While healthcare costs continue to outpace other business purchases, employers like General Motors are using Medstat information solutions to assemble benefit design, health and wellness strategies that deliver results by assisting with financial planning, health plan management, program development and health and productivity management.
    Medstat is a healthcare information company that provides market intelligence and benchmark databases, decision support solutions, and research services for managing the cost and quality of healthcare. The company applies these capabilities to improve policy and management decision making for employers, government agencies, health plans, hospitals and provider networks, and pharmaceutical companies. Medstat is a business within the Thomson Corporation. The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2002 revenues of $7.8 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software applications and tools to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (TSX:TOC).