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DIRECTORY OF BENEFIT INFORMATION AND CLAIMS SYSTEMS (PART SIXTEEN OF SEVENTEEN)

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TXEN Inc.

10 Inverness Center Parkway, Suite 500, Birmingham, Ala. 35242; 205-995-9898;

fax: 205-995-8640

Benefit systems since: 1989.

Software systems:

*Managed Healthcare System.

Price: $100,000.

System requirements: DOS or Windows platform; multiple user; network operating systems supported include Novell Netware and IBM LAN Manager.

Online system.

Customization optional.

Benefits managed: Flexible benefits, disability, COBRA, group health plans, life insurance.

Features: Include the following modules provided as one unit: membership/eligibility, providers, claims, billing, correspondence, references, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, PPO repricing, provider withholds, risk funds, capitation, referral and authorization processing, primary care, provider processing and utilization review reporting. Options include flexible spending module, unbundling/bundling module, electronic claims and ACCESS/MHS reporting system.

User support: User groups/meetings*, onsite training*, telephone assistance 12 hours per day*.

Staff: 130 total.

Clients: 65 total, including three benefit departments. Sold systems to 23 clients in 1996.

Officers: Tom Patterson, president; Paul Reaves, executive vp; Steven Selikoff, vp-operations; Grey Wood, vp/general manager.

Contact: Amy Knowles, 800-962-2540 ext. 115.

**Included in system price.

Travis Software Corp.

P.O. Box 820469, Houston,

Texas 77282-0469; 281-496-3737;

fax: 281-496-4022

Benefit systems since: 1986.

Software systems:

*Corporate COBRA Manager for DOS.

Price: $695 to $3,750. Quoted individually.

System requirements: 386 PC; DOS platform; 640KB RAM; Mono, VGA or SVGA video; multiple user; network operating systems supported include Novell Netware, Banyan VINES and IBM LAN Manager.

First installation: 1986.

Total installations: 2,536 in employee benefit departments.

Benefits managed: COBRA.

Features: Automatically prints up to 48 COBRA letters, tracks enrollment periods and premium payment periods, Family & Medical Leave Act capability, prints coverage certification required for Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act, customization of letters and reports, downloading module. Benefit communication features include costs and availability of continuation health benefits to FMLA and COBRA participants. Options include multi-user module available in single-employer or multi-employer versions.

*TravisCert.

Price: $395 to $1,995. Quoted individually.

System requirements: 486 PC; Windows 3.1 and above platform; 8MB RAM, 12MB hard disk; Mono, VGA or SVGA video; multiple user; network operating systems supported include Novell Netware, Banyan VINES and IBM LAN Manager.

First installation: 1996.

Total installations: 34 in employee benefit departments.

Benefits managed: Group health plans.

Features: Stores data of welfare benefit plans participation, employer and employee cost; reports on enrollment and costs at any time. Benefit communication features include coverage certifications for former employees/dependents to whom the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act requires a certification. Options include multi-user module available in single-employer or multi-employer versions, upgrade to full COBRA/Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act administration.

*TravisCOBRA for Windows.

Price: $895 to $4,995. Quoted individually.

System requirements: 486 PC; Windows 3.1 and above platform; 8MB RAM, 16MB hard disk; Mono, VGA or SVGA video; multiple user; network operating systems supported include Novell Netware, Banyan VINES and IBM LAN Manager.

First installation: 1994.

Total installations: 1,503 in employee benefit departments.

Benefits managed: COBRA.

Features: Automatically prints up to 48 COBRA letters, tracks enrollment periods and premium payment periods, Family & Medical Leave Act capabilities. Communicates costs and availability of continuation health benefits to FMLA and COBRA participants, prints coverage certifications required by Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act. Options include multi-user module available in single-employer or multi-employer versions.

*TravisFlex.

Price: $1,295 to $3,750. Quoted individually.

System requirements: 386 PC; DOS platform; 640KB RAM, 4MB hard disk; Mono, VGA or SVGA video; multiple user; network operating systems supported include Novell Netware, Banyan VINES and IBM LAN Manager.

Customization optional.

First installation: 1987.

Total installations: 1,579 in employee benefit departments.

Benefits managed: Flexible benefits.

Features: Administration and enrollment for flexible benefit plans, including full flex plans with benefit credits; includes check-writing capabilities and full reporting modules; administration of medical savings accounts. Benefit communication features include benefit enrollment/election and eligibility forms, reports to employees on activities in flexible spending accounts and MSAs. Options include multi-user modules, custom report writer/downloading modules.

*TravisRetiree Billing.

Price: $1,295 to $3,750. Quoted individually.

System requirements: 386 PC; DOS platform; 640KB RAM, 3MB hard disk; Mono, VGA or SVGA video; multiple user; network operating systems supported include Novell Netware, Banyan VINES and IBM LAN Manager.

First installation: 1988.

Total installations: 1,153 in employee benefit departments.

Benefits managed: Group health plans.

Features: Premium billing through periodic notice or coupons to retirees and those on leave of absence who participate in post-employment health, life, long-term disability and accidental death and dismemberment plans; full reporting functions for participation, premiums billed and collected and employer costs. Benefit communication features include printed eligibility and premium cost information. Options include multi-user module available in single-employer or multi-employer versions.

User support: Online support*, telephone assistance eight hours per day*.

Staff: 19 total, 14 professionals.

Clients: 3,682 total, including 3,191 benefit departments. Sold systems to 212 clients in 1996.

1996 revenues: $1.8 million total. $1.8 million from employee benefit information systems sales and services, 45% from software sales, 55% from software services.

Officers: Alan H. Williams, president; John Worner, vp; Fiona Wilson, assistant secretary.

Contact: Alan H. Williams.

**Included in system price.