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Soft-Aid, USMD and Visionary Medical Systems join to provide a single-source solution to healthcare providers and payers
In response to market demands for advanced and innovative IT-based solutions from a single-source vendor, Soft-Aid, USMD and Visionary Medical Systems have joined forces to provide an extensive array of products and services through a unique delivery mode

by: Visionary Medical Systems Inc.

Tampa, FL (October 17, 2006) Soft-Aid's comprehensive Medical Office practice management software automates the physician's office from patient registration to scheduling, billing and reporting. Soft-Aid's core offering the "DME Office" resolves critical needs of medical equipment companies, such as inventory management and PO tracking. Visionary's practice management brand Visionary Office, is easy-to-use and integrates with their Dream EMR/EHR solution, for a complete point of care solution. Then add USMD's care management modularized solutions which bridge the gap between payers and providers for Disease Management, Pay-4-Performance, FQHC unique needs and Patient Health Records (ePHR). The integration of these companies provides a unique paperless delivery platform insurers work more closely with providers and patients. Together they provide an integrated portfolio of information technology products and services that enable reduce costs while delivering improved and more uniform care to patients and improved patient safety.

"This combination offers something rare. Our goal is for all of our customers to benefit from the expanded resources and broad product set -- a big company that takes pride in not acting like one," said Jim Clark, COO of Visionary. "We share the same core values and the same passion about serving our customers, improving our products, providing meaningful opportunities for our employees and building enduring value for prospects.

"We have watched carefully as Visionary completed its recent merger while continuing to improve the customer experience and generating strong earnings growth. Our merger integration timeline and focus on retaining customers is modeled on the Visionary-Customer-First model, which we believe is the best in the industry," Jim added. He will serve as Visionary's chief operations officer following the completion of the merger.

David M. Carroll, Wachovia senior executive vice president, and Frank Schmidt, SouthTrust Bank vice chairman, will co-lead the integration of the two companies. "We're eager to leverage our successful merger integration experience with the SouthTrust organization," Carroll said. "We believe our customer retention and revenue growth results can be duplicated and perhaps even exceeded."

As a result of the merger, Soft-Aid's Medical Office product will be marketed under "VisionaryPME - Practice Management Enterprise."

The merger will provide the combined organization with increased leverage and access to critical resources, including professional staff, technical capabilities, centralized leadership and sources of capital. What you currently know and appreciate about Soft Aid - its innovation, DME industry presence and product delivery - will be enhanced by Visionary's excellence in client service, quality management, technical knowledge and market leadership.

Together Soft-Aid, USMD and Visionary Medical Systems are moving to revolutionize the delivery and use of healthcare IT solutions.

About Visionary Medical Systems, Inc.
Visionary is a leading developer of healthcare software solutions. Through Visionary's solutions, including their payer division "USMD", they offer an integrated line of clinical, financial, document management and disease management modules designed to automate the healthcare process. Their goal is to improve patient care, decrease physician errors, and increase practice income, Visionary's unique, affordable solutions connect patients, providers and payers.

When it comes to practice management software and electronic medical records we're the visionaries of the health care industry. Your Practice Made Simple. Headquartered in Tampa, FL, Visionary can be reached at 888-895-2466 or at www.visionarymed.com

For more information, visit www.myusmd.com and www.soft-aid.com