Sunny Singh, Edifecs CEO, Receives WEDI 2010 Leadership in Technology Award

BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Edifecs, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare software solutions, announced today that Edifecs president and chief executive officer, Sunny Singh, has been awarded the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) 2010 Leadership in Technology Award. Singh and the other Award Program recipients were honored today during the WEDI Fall Conference in Reston, Virginia.

The WEDI Leadership in Technology award recognizes an individual's or organization's contribution to the advancement of EDI and eCommerce technology in healthcare and is part of the association's annual Awards Program. Candidates were nominated by industry members and screened by a cross-discipline jury drawn from the WEDI membership who then made its recommendations to the WEDI Board of Directors for final selection.

"I am very honored and humbled to receive this level of recognition from such an esteemed industry association," said Sunny Singh, Edifecs president and CEO. "Standing with me at Edifecs is a team of people who are passionate about driving technology innovation to tackle real-world information management challenges in healthcare. We look forward to our continued work with WEDI and its members to promote effective use of technology."

Singh founded Edifecs in 1996 to help solve complex supply chain and enterprise integration problems across diverse industries including healthcare, retail and manufacturing. Since then, Singh has led Edifecs to develop innovative healthcare solutions, leveraging EDI standards, to streamline information exchange, modernize manual-based administrative functions and help organizations comply with industry mandates for HIPAA 4010, HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10.  Singh has been a strong industry advocate, working alongside industry groups including WEDI, to promote the advancement of EDI by offering free compliance testing solutions as well as providing testimony to congressional leaders on the importance of standards in healthcare.

"Under Sunny's leadership, Edifecs has been a consistent advocate and supporter of WEDI's mission to foster administrative simplification in healthcare through the implementation of EDI and eCommerce technology," said James Schuping, Executive Vice President and CEO of WEDI.  "Through their participation in our educational conferences and forums and sharing their resources and tools, they have been a very valuable source of information for our members and program attendees."

For additional details on the WEDI 2010 Awards Program and recipients, visit www.wedi.org.

About Edifecs, Inc.

An industry leader since 1996, Edifecs provides healthcare software solutions that improve operational performance by streamlining the exchange of information between health plans, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations, while enabling compliance with current mandates such as HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10.

Today, more than 350 healthcare customers use Edifecs technology to unify transactions from any information channel source and input mechanism, while automating manual business processes such as enrollment, claims and payments management.

Edifecs is currently recognized as one of the 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the state of Washington, 100 Best Places to Work for in the state of Washington, an Inc5000 fastest-growing private company and one of the 500 Fastest Growing Companies in North America by Deloitte. Edifecs is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. For more information, please visit www.edifecs.com

About WEDI

WEDI, a broad based healthcare industry coalition, brings together a consortium of leaders within the healthcare industry to identify practical strategies for reducing administrative costs in healthcare through the implementation of EDI. WEDI's mission is to provide leadership and guidance to the healthcare industry on how to use and leverage the industry's collective knowledge, expertise and information resources to improve the quality, affordability and availability of healthcare.

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