Mitchell AUTOEXPRESS(TM) Starts Up Minnesota Health Care Provider E-Bill Exchanges With Auto Insurers

Medical Claim Adjudication System Used by Majority of U.S. Automobile Insurance Companies Adds Standardized Electronic Billing and Provider Connectivity to Meet the Nation's First Auto Medical Transaction Compliance Requirements

SAN DIEGO, Calif. and CONCORD, Calif., July 16 -- Mitchell AUTOEXPRESS(TM), the leading information, workflow and performance management solutions suite for the automobile insurance claims industry nationally, has started to exchange standard electronic bills between health care providers and AUTOEXPRESS(TM) customers in Minnesota, under the state's E3 requirements going into effect today. Minnesota is the initial state to implement regulations that require all health care providers and insurance carriers, for the first time including Auto Insurers, to exchange standard electronic health care administrative transactions.

Mitchell AUTOEXPRESS(TM) utilizes an electronic transactions Gateway supplied by Jopari Solutions. Mitchell AUTOEXPRESS(TM) makes E3 compliance possible through connectivity relationships incorporating prominent clearinghouses, billing services, practice management software vendors and health care provider organizations.

Stated Dave Torrence, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mitchell International: "Minnesota's adoption of electronic transaction requirements for automobile Insurance companies is a critical milestone for our industry in the regulatory impacts on internal business processes. We view the E3 requirements very positively. These health care transaction regulations enhance opportunities for Mitchell AUTOEXPRESS(TM) to reduce our customers' processing costs, and allow us to simplify and accelerate the Auto Medical claim life cycle. We anticipate expanding our AUTOEXPRESS(TM) automated transactions capability with Jopari beyond Minnesota, because industry-wide demand for connected technology performance improvements is curving sharply upward."

Commented J.R. "Steve" Stevens, CEO of Jopari: "Our integrated Gateway Services allow providers to submit electronic bills and attachments to Auto Medical claim payers utilizing the AUTOEXPRESS(TM) product. To maximize eBill throughput, connectivity options are flexible. The provider can exchange transactions through connected clearinghouse or practice management systems links to Jopari, or can implement directly with us for X12 837 batch file transmission; or can take advantage of our online eBill portal."

About Mitchell International

Mitchell International, Inc. (www.mitchell.com) provides the Insurance P&C market with a variety of technology, database and service solutions with one goal in mind -enable our clients to process their automotive and workers compensation medical claims in a timely, accurate and fair manner. Mitchell International has a 20 year track record of delivering high-quality products and services to auto insurance carriers, service providers and TPAs, allowing them to audit and evaluate first and third-party provider and hospital bills. Mitchell International currently serves many of the top automobile and workers compensation P&C companies and is a leading provider of information, workflow, and performance management solutions to the automotive insurance claims industry, also serving carriers, collision repair facilities, and other commercial participants in the physical damage and automobile and workers compensation related medical claims markets.

About Jopari Solutions, Inc.

Jopari Solutions, Inc. (www.jopari.com) supplies integrated eBill compliance and payment solutions to workers' compensation, auto, and health insurance industry Payers. Jopari significantly improves the technology Payers use to manage bills and disbursements, substantially reducing associated expenses. Jopari services enable insurance Payers to comply fully with regulatory requirements, including eBill and ePay jurisdictional initiatives, and HIPAA. Insurance and other industry Payers take advantage of JopariPay(TM) to permanently downsize processing and labor costs, increase operational competitiveness and realize immediate returns on investment. For more information, please call 800.903.7799.