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Perot Systems Ranked #1 Revenue Cycle Manager by Healthcare Providers

Posted on: Thursday, 19 February 2009, 13:00 CST

Perot Systems receives top ranking in Revenue Cycle Management category of client-based survey

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the second consecutive year, Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) (www.perotsystems.com) has received the #1 ranking in several categories of the Black Book of Outsourcing Healthcare Industry survey. According to the 2008 survey results, Perot Systems' Revenue Cycle Solutions team is the highest rated overall vendor in the category of Revenue Cycle Management.

"In today's economic environment, it is critical that healthcare providers capture every dollar of revenue they have earned. Our Revenue Cycle Solutions team provides world-class people, processes and technology that enable clients to accomplish this task efficiently," said Chuck Lyles, president of the Perot Systems healthcare group. "With a more efficient revenue cycle, previously uncollected cash can now be deployed for capital investments, new training or simply used as working capital. For hospitals and providers that are strapped for cash, our Revenue Cycle Solutions can be an incredibly powerful tool. The Black Book rankings speak volumes about the value our end-to-end Revenue Cycle Solutions bring to clients. We are proud of this distinction."

"Perot Systems has staffed our hospital business office for almost eight years. We have valued not only their exceptional financial outcomes, but their attention to our patient/family and pediatric customer service needs," stated Karen Kofoot , Director of Revenue for Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and a Perot Systems client.

Since 2001, Perot Systems has improved revenue cycle performance and recovered billions of dollars in healthcare revenues for its clients. The solutions are designed to fit each client's needs, whether that need is a short-term customized project, or a long-term revenue cycle solutions.

"With the current healthcare technology solutions market in such high demand by buyers, it will likely lead to greater business opportunities for top performers like Perot Systems," reports Doug Brown, co-author of "The Black Book of Outsourcing."

About Perot Systems

Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2008 revenue of $2.8 billion. The company has more than 23,000 associates located in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com/.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. For factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, for additional information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.

About Brown-Wilson Group and Black Book Research of Healthcare Outsourcers:

Brown-Wilson Group conducts annual vertical outsourcing surveys to measure the sentiment and satisfaction of users globally without bias or influence. Healthcare providers and payers were the fastest growing sectors in number of participants. More information and methodology details on the Blackbook website at http://TheBlackBookOfOutsourcing.com.

MEDIA CONTACTS: PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION Healthcare Jonathan Moss +1 972 577 6395 jonathan.moss@ps.net

SOURCE Perot Systems Corporation

Source: PR Newswire

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