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Contract valued at $110 million provides document management services DAYTON, Ohio, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Standard Register (NYSE:SR) announced that it has renewed and expanded its agreement with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems to provide document management services. The multi-year contract, valued at $110 million, will provide MedAssets customers with document management and related services including print on demand and copying services, e-procurement solutions, patient identification systems, consulting and design services. "MedAssets Supply Chain Systems has been very pleased with our ongoing relationship with Standard Register," stated Nadia LaFlam, director, Administrative Services, MedAssets Supply Chain Systems. "The company's wide range of document management services meets an important need for our healthcare customers, and our continuation of this agreement indicates a commitment to providing access to high quality products and services at a discounted rate." Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, MedAssets has 22,000 members nationwide, including physician offices, clinics, surgery centers, pharmacy providers and more than 2,000 hospitals. This past year, Standard Register was named a MedAssets "platinum-level" supplier for its previous year's performance and criteria that includes superior customer service, reporting excellence and outstanding corporate stewardship. "MedAssets is a true business partner who works closely with Standard Register to identify strategies and solutions that will benefit its members," said Dave Freshwater, manager of Group Purchasing Operations for Standard Register. "We are committed to being a provider in helping MedAssets and its customers achieve the efficiency, accuracy, security, cost savings and superior patient care they strive for, while leveraging the technology they need to make the transition from paper to digital." About Standard Register Standard Register (NYSE:SR) is a premier document services provider, trusted by companies to manage the critical documents they need to thrive in today's competitive climate. Relying on nearly 100 years of industry expertise, Lean Six Sigma methodologies and leading technologies, the company helps organizations increase efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risks, grow revenue and meet the challenges of a changing business landscape. It offers document and label solutions, e-business solutions, consulting and print supply chain services to help clients manage documents across their enterprise. More information is available at http://www.standardregister.com/. About MedAssets MedAssets, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, improves healthcare providers' margin and cash flow through revenue cycle and supply chain initiatives as well as decision support technology and services. As a strategic business partner, MedAssets can replace multiple vendors and decrease supply costs by 3-10 % and increase net patient revenue by 1-3 %. MedAssets Net Revenue Systems provides best-of-breed revenue solutions including strategic pricing, charge capturing, and ongoing chargemaster management tools, all of which have been Peer Reviewed by the Healthcare Financial Management Association. MedAssets Net Revenue Systems also offers denials management and a tool to link supply cost data with charge data. MedAssets Supply Chain Systems is one of the fastest growing group purchasing organization in the U.S. and builds customized solutions encompassing procurement of common medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, physician preference supplies, food and nutrition items, and capital equipment. The newly formed MedAssets Analytical Systems offers supply chain analytics and decision support tools while clinical and operational consulting services are provided through MedAssets' subsidiary, Aspen Healthcare Metrics. Avega Health Systems, a subsidiary of MedAssets, ranked "Best in KLAS" in Business Decision Support -- KLAS Enterprises, LLC 2005. For more information about MedAssets go to http://www.medassets.com/ or contact Gary Johnson, corporate senior vice president of Marketing and Marketing Services, 100 North Point Center East, Suite 200, Alpharetta, GA 30022. DATASOURCE: Standard Register CONTACT: News media, Julie McEwan, +1-937-221-1825, or , or Investors, Robert J. Cestelli, +1-937-221-1304, or , both of Standard Register Web site: http://www.standardregister.com/ http://www.medassets.com/

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