Strategic Partnership to Leverage LuminX and Business Process Management Expertise to Service Healthcare Payers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Acclamation Systems Inc. (ASI) and Patni Computer Systems Ltd. (Patni) today announced that they have signed an agreement to deliver new business services aimed at increasing healthcare payers' efficiency and profitability. ASI and Patni have joined forces to deliver a business process outsourcing (BPO) solution that is ideal for payer organizations of all sizes. The solution is branded as ASI's Business Optimization Services under the LuminX SX(TM) services family, announced early February this year. The union of ASI's LuminX LX software and Patni's team of Six Sigma-trained experts will enable healthcare payers to realize increased efficiencies and reduced costs. They will also be able to focus more on core business competencies while reducing their operational uncertainties. "As competition and consolidation heat up in our industry, healthcare payers must manage their costs more effectively, improve their processes, and increase their technology expertise," said Jim Senge, ASI CEO. "With Patni's wealth of outsourcing experience and our combined healthcare expertise, we are well positioned to help them accomplish these business objectives." "Acclamation Systems has a strong reputation in the healthcare payer industry for delivering quality benefits management software, and we're excited about this partnership," said Bill Budde, senior vice president and head of the Insurance Business Unit at Patni. "Combining the LuminX LX software suite with Patni's business process management expertise and domain knowledge will enable payers to realize true operational efficiencies and improved profitability." About LuminX SX(TM) Business Optimization Services LuminX SX Business Optimization Services increase the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare claims administration by leveraging the power of LuminX software, applying best-practice processes and utilizing a highly trained team of benefits management experts. Business Optimization Services include: * Scanning and data entry * Claims examining * Plan building * LuminX System consulting * Claims processing audits. About Acclamation Systems Acclamation Systems, Inc. delivers integrated, flexible technology solutions for employee benefits management. The company was founded in 1989 as a joint venture between Coordinated Group of Companies (CGC), a firm specializing in the administration of employee benefits; and ECCO Consulting, Inc., a systems design firm. This strategic union resulted in a truly comprehensive benefits management system offering Web eligibility and enrollment, comprehensive reporting and full accounting capabilities. LuminX, ASI's flagship product, is used by a number of the world's largest insurance carriers, third party administrators and self-administered organizations. For more information on the company, visit http://www.acclamation.com/. About Patni Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE:PATNIBSE:COMPUTBSE:NSE:BSE:PATNIBSE:NYSE:BSE:PTI) is a global IT Services provider servicing Global 2000 clients. Patni caters to its clients through its industry-focused practices, including insurance, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, and its technology-focused practices. With an employee strength of over 11,000 and multiple offshore development facilities across eight cities; Patni has 23 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Patni has registered revenues of US$ 450 million for the year 2005. Patni's service offerings include application development, application maintenance and support, packaged software implementation, infrastructure management services, product engineering services, business process outsourcing and quality assurance services. Committed to quality, Patni adds value to its client's businesses through well-established and structured methodologies, tools and techniques. Patni is an ISO 9001: 2000 certified and SEI-CMMi Level 5 organization, assessed enterprise wide at P-CMM Level 3. In keeping with its focus on continuous process improvements, Patni adopts Six Sigma practices as an integral part of its quality and process frameworks. For more information on Patni, visit http://www.patni.com/. Safe Harbor Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Patni has made strategic investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company. DATASOURCE: Patni Computer Systems Ltd. CONTACT: Colin White of Patni Computer Systems, +1-617-914-8337, ; or Sriya Kodial of Text 100, for Patni Computer Systems, +1-617-399-4918, Web site: http://www.patni.com/ http://www.acclamation.com/

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