DALLAS, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Major shifts in the government healthcare market and increasing burdens placed on budgets have forced many states to change the way they administer state Medicaid programs. Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) -- a leader in government healthcare solutions -- will demonstrate how the innovative use of technology can help states meet these budget challenges with a presentation during the 2008 Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) Conference to be held Sept. 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn. Coinciding with the conference's theme, "Harmony in Music City," ACS will present a vendor track session on Sept. 16 on the topic of "A Song for Program Success: The Three-Part Harmony of Administrative, Financial and Clinical Services." Attendees will learn how ACS is meeting states' budget and legislation challenges through the innovative use of technology and customized, flexible solutions for delivering the right care to the right people at the right time. In addition, ACS is presenting on a total of nine panels with 16 speakers during the conference. Specifically, Will Saunders, chief operating officer and senior vice president for ACS Government Healthcare Solutions, will present on Sept. 17 on a panel about "The State Roadmap to EHR." ACS subject matter experts will be available at ACS booths #4 and 5 to discuss and demonstrate the company's Health Enterprise MMIS system, its suite of care and disease management tools, and its Informed Health suite of health information exchange and electronic health record offerings. About ACS ACS is a national leader in state healthcare program administration, offering a full spectrum of systems and complementary services through an integrated solution, from care management solutions and child health programs to pharmacy benefits management and traditional Medicaid fiscal agent services. ACS supports more than 23 million program recipients and processes nearly 550 million Medicaid healthcare claims annually, representing close to $50 billion in provider payments. As the nation's largest government program pharmacy benefits administrator, ACS serves 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Labor with drug expenditures totaling more than $13 billion. ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 63,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at http://www.acs-inc.com/. DATASOURCE: Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. CONTACT: Lacey Hautzinger, Manager, Corporate Communications of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., +1-214-841-8004, Web site: http://www.acs-inc.com/

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