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IDX(R) Groupcast(R) Revenue Cycle Management Solution to be Offered to ABG Member Groups BURLINGTON, Vt. and PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDX Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:IDXC) today announced a master agreement, with The Anesthesia Business Group (ABG) for the IDX(R) Groupcast(R) practice management solution. The Anesthesia Business Group (ABG) is a business coalition comprised of ten (10) of the largest private practice anesthesia groups in the United States. Initiated in 2001, ABG has dedicated itself to furthering patient care and increasing efficiencies within each of its Member Groups. While each ABG Member Group is unique in both the operation and management of its clinical practice and business entity, the commonality of their patient, surgeon, hospital, and member physician needs has led to ABG's common vision to achieve superior patient satisfaction while attaining clinical and business excellence. ABG Member Groups are many of the nation's leading private practice anesthesia groups and are geographically dispersed to all regions of the country. One of ABG's initiatives is the establishment of master agreements with key business partners which facilitate a best value and best price position for ABG members. Under the new agreement with IDX, ABG Member Groups have the opportunity to take advantage of the Groupcast solution's automated revenue cycle management tools. ABG was also impressed with Groupcast's anesthesia functionality, integrated Advanced EDI Management services, and scanning/document control functionality. ABG Member Groups are: Anesthesia Medical Group 110 29th Avenue North, Suite 201 Nashville, TN 37203 Critical Health Systems of N.C. 3100 Spring Forest Road, Suite 130 Raleigh, NC 27616 Critical Health Systems of S.C. 1410 Blanding Street, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29201 General Anesthesia Specialists Partnership Medical Group 3530 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 350 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Greater Houston Anesthesiology / iMed Group, LTD. 2411 Foutaniview, Suite 200 Houston, TX 77057 JLR Medical Group, PA 291 Southhall Lane Maitland, FL 32751 North American Partners in Anesthesia / NAPA Management Services Corporation 66 Powerhouse Road, 3rd Floor Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 Oregon Anesthesiology Group 120 N.W. 14th Avenue, Suite 300 Portland, OR 97209 Parish Management Consultants, LLC 2510 N. Causeway Blvd, Suite 404 Metairie, LA 70002 Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants, PA 13601 Preston Road, Suite 900W Dallas, TX 75240 Spectrum Medical Group 300 Professional Drive Scarborough, ME 04074 To learn more, visit the ABG website: http://www.anesthesiabusinessgroup.com/ or contact Lloyd Straus at . About IDX Founded in 1969, IDX Systems Corporation provides information technology solutions to maximize value in the delivery of healthcare, improve the quality of patient service, enhance medical outcomes, and reduce the costs of care. Our systems are deployed to serve approximately 150,000 physicians and are installed at over 3,400 customer sites, including more than 850 group practices and approximately 370 integrated delivery networks servicing more than 500 hospitals. IDX also provides its enterprise clinical software as a subcontractor to BT, Local Service Provider for the United Kingdom National Health Service's National Programme for Information Technology, an initiative to establish electronic patient records for 50 million patients. The IDX web strategy includes browser technology, e-commerce and web-based tools -- built using Internet architecture -- that facilitates access for patients, physicians and care providers to vital health information and data managed by the IDX clinical, administrative, financial, and managed care products. IDX has approximately 2,400 full-time employees. IDX and Groupcast are registered trademarks of IDX Investment Corporation. This press release contains forward-looking statements about IDX Systems Corporation that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are uncertainties or difficulties in developing new services and systems, including Groupcast, difficulties in implementing systems, possible deferral, delay or cancellation by customers of computer system or service purchase decisions, possible delay of system installations and service implementations, development by competitors of new or superior technologies, changing economic, political and regulatory influences on the healthcare industry, possible disruptions in the national economy caused by terrorist activities and foreign conflicts, changes in product pricing policies, governmental regulation of IDX's software and operations, the possibility of product-related liabilities, and factors detailed from time to time in IDX's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which important factors are incorporated herein by reference. IDX undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or changes in future operating results, financial condition or business over time. For more information, contact: Kate Cartwright Media Relations - IDX 802.859.6009 Lloyd Straus Anesthesia Business Group (ABG) 516.945.3113 DATASOURCE: IDX Systems Corporation CONTACT: Kate Cartwright, Media Relations of IDX, +1-802-859-6009, ; or Lloyd Straus of Anesthesia Business Group, +1-516-945-3113, Web site: http://www.idx.com/ http://www.anesthesiabusinessgroup.com/

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