TZIX Trizetto Grp. (MM)

The TriZetto Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TZIX) announced today that in December, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) selected TriZetto�s Facets� enterprise administration system, along with TriZetto�s Facets WorkFlowTM, NetworX Pricer�, Benefit Cost Modeler�, Facets Inter-Plan Teleprocessing System (ITS) and Provider POS DirectTM to improve the health plan�s claims processing, premium billing, membership administration and other core administrative functions. TriZetto also will provide long-term application management and hosting, as well as implementation consulting services to BCBSRI. The payer joins 90 other customers with 10 million core administration members that TriZetto has hosted in its data center. In its listing of America�s Best Health Plans 2007, U.S. News & World Report, along with the National Committee for Quality Assurance, ranked BCBSRI�s BlueCHiP for RiteCare plan the third-highest in the nation. BlueCHiP for RIteCare assists qualifying families to obtain health insurance coverage through employers. Additionally, BCBSRI�s Medicare health plan ranked ninth in the nation for its high-quality healthcare coverage, and its call center recently received the Call Center World-Class Certification Award from the Service Quality Management Group (SQM). �We are committed to achieving operational excellence, and technology is a key enabler for streamlining our systems and processes, providing superb service and value, and creating operational efficiency.� said E.J. Sutherland, vice president of information technology, BCBSRI. �We chose TriZetto because they are a quality company with an outstanding product line, their technology is specifically designed for the healthcare payer industry, and they have a proven track record, successfully serving 15 other Blues plans.� �Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is an important addition to TriZetto�s customer community, as we continue to add marquee healthcare payer organizations to our family,� said Tony Bellomo, TriZetto�s executive vice president, product management. �TriZetto software and services are the solution of choice for many Blues plans nationwide, helping improve their productivity, enhance their growth and accelerate new offerings and value for their members.� Background on Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has been the state's leading health insurer for 68 years and now covers 690,000 customers. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. About TriZetto TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management�. With its technology touching nearly half of the U.S. insured population, TriZetto is uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of health benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. The company provides premier information technology solutions that enable payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers. Healthcare payers include national and regional health insurance plans, and benefits administrators that provide transaction services to self-insured employer groups. The company�s payer-focused information technology offerings include enterprise and component software, hosting and business process outsourcing services, and consulting. Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., TriZetto can be reached at 949-719-2200 or at www.trizetto.com.