The SSI Group, Inc. Announces Cooperative Exchange Workshop Series
Building Interest in Revenue Cycle Management – Washington D.C.

Washington, DC Sept. 8, 2008 - The SSI Group, Inc., (SSI) a healthcare information technology company headquartered in Mobile, Ala., announced today The Cooperative Exchange Workshop Series.  Building Interest in Revenue Cycle Management will be the theme of this workshop, and this second workshop will be held on September 24th in Washington, D.C. at the Hotel Helix.

Building Interest in Revenue Cycle Management will cover the following topics:

• Standardizing the Industry – Cooperative Exchange
• The Dispute Resolution Initiative – CareMedic
• Worker’s Compensation – The SSI Group, Inc.
• National Organization Updates – Medical Banking Standards Committee
• Keeping Your Eye on the Claim – Gateway EDI
• Inoculate Your Revenue Cycle To Prevent Getting The RACs – The Wellinton Group
• Workflow Accountability Software – Cairn Software
• Management of Healthcare Receivables – The Bank of New York Mellon

Event attendees will include revenue cycle and patient financial service managers, health information managers, information system managers, utilization management and clinical staff will gain valuable knowledge about maximizing consumer expectations and learn how future revenue cycle processes will build interest in cash flow. All HBMA members will receive educational credits for attending this workshop.

Cooperative Exchange Workshop Series on Building Interest in Revenue Cycle Management will be held at the Hotel Helix in Washington, D.C. on September 24, 2008.  For more information or to register for the event, please visit www.cooperativeexchange.org and click on registration.  Registration fee is $49.00 per person.

About The SSI Group, Inc.
The SSI Group, Inc. is a national, diversified information technology company currently celebrating its 20th year in business. The company operates the nation's second largest institutional healthcare claims clearinghouse. It maintains corporate headquarters in Mobile, Alabama, and branch facilities in Clearwater, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado and Chesapeake, Virginia. With approximately 385 employees and 2,200 -plus clients nationwide, SSI leads the healthcare field in healthcare claims management technology processing in excess of 200 million transactions annually (including claims, eligibility, remittances and claim statuses) totaling approximately $458 billion dollars in billed claims.  For more information visit www.thessigroup.com.

About the Cooperative Exchange
The Cooperative Exchange was established to expand electronic health care transactions among participants in the health care industry.  The goals of the organization are to: allow payers to establish a connection with one or more Cooperative Exchange members in order to gain access to an expanded provider base; increase competition; and shorten the timeline within which all health care participants can realize an ROI on HIPAA initiatives. For more information about the Cooperative Exchange, visit www.cooperativeexchange.org.