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GTESS Appoints VP, Business Development

November 25, 2003 GTESS Corporation (Richardson, TX), a leading provider of business process outsourcing solutions to the healthcare industry, announced the appointment of James F. Souders as Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Souders has more than 20 years of experience in sales, account management and business development within the healthcare payer industry. In his new role, Mr. Souders will spearhead the Company’s business development and channel sales program, including building and maintaining strategic vendor relationships in support of the GTESS strategy to consistently broaden its outsourced solution to healthcare payers and network providers.

“This latest addition to the GTESS sales team is yet another example of the Company’s commitment to aggressively expand its sales, account management and business development initiatives by attracting the most experienced, professional talent in the industry,” said John McGahey, GTESS VP of Sales and Account Management. “Jim’s track record of success is unparalleled in the industry – we’re very excited to have him join our team.”

Mr. Souders joins GTESS from Newbridge Information Services, Inc. of Dallas, Texas, a provider of business process outsourcing solutions and document lifecycle management services, where he served as Vice President of Marketing, Sales & Account Services. Prior to Newbridge, he was President and CEO of Souders & Associates, Inc., a healthcare marketing and consulting practice, specializing in providing specialized marketing and business development services to national managed care organizations, payers and healthcare companies.

Mr. Souders also served as the Executive Director of Florida Health, L.C., a start-up managed care organization owned by the 25 leading hospitals and health care systems in Florida, responsible for new business development, financial management and operations of the statewide PPO. Previously, Mr. Souders served as Vice President, Eastern Region for Equifax Healthcare Administrative Services; Divisional Vice President of Sun Health Corporation; and as Chief Executive Officer/Administrator of Harrison Memorial Hospital and the Central Kentucky Health Delivery Network, Inc.

Mr. Souders holds a Master’s Degree in Hospital and Health Administration from Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

GTESS Corporation offers significant operating efficiencies to the healthcare industry through a range of outsourced solutions that streamline electronic claims processing. The company specializes in providing full front-end services, from receipt and validation of paper or electronic claims to repricing, coordination of benefits, and correspondence and document management. By receiving "clean claims" in HIPAA-compliant formats, GTESS clients dramatically reduce their costs, while achieving higher auto-adjudication rates, maintaining peak-level processing capacity and eliminating their backlog – all with guaranteed turnaround time and data accuracy.

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Karen Hallman
GTESS
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