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(BSNS WIRE) Healthaxis to Provide National Internet Sales Portal For Blue C
Healthaxis to Provide National Internet Sales Portal For Blue Cross and Blue
Shield Association


Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers

EAST NORRITON, Pa. & IRVING, Texas--(BW HealthWire)--May 29, 2001-
Healthaxis Inc. (NASDAQ:HAXS), announced today that it had signed a
three-year agreement with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
for the implementation of a national Internet sales portal.
With Healthaxis technology in place, individual consumers and
small group employers throughout the United States will be able to
access a single Internet portal quickly and simply through the Blue
Cross and Blue Shield Association website, www.bcbs.com. By entering a
small amount of information, their request for service will be quickly
directed to the appropriate local Blue Cross and Blue Shield company.
"We hope to give our individual and small business customers more
options as they shop online," said Rich Lange, managing director of
business Internet communications for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association.
James W. McLane, President and CEO of Healthaxis, envisions the
relationship between Healthaxis and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association to be consistent with our vision for all of our customers.
"We hope to enhance customer experiences through ePowering healthcare
connections. We are in business to facilitate seamless customer
interactions, improve productivity, and create competitive advantages
for our customers through the development and implementation of
state-of-the-art software solutions."
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is composed of 45
independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that
collectively provide health care coverage to 80 million - more than
one in four - Americans. For more information on the Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Plans, visit www.bcbs.com.

About Healthaxis

Healthaxis develops and implements state-of-the-art software
solutions for healthcare benefits administration and distribution.
These solutions reduce costs, improve productivity, promote
efficiency, and enhance customer service.
Healthaxis develops innovative solutions that offer businesses in
the healthcare industry strategic advantages by quickly and
efficiently connecting payers, providers, administrators, brokers,
employers, and consumers (members/patients/employees).
Healthaxis technology solutions enable customers to remain
compliant with evolving federal regulations such as HIPAA. Healthaxis
products and services support customers by easily integrating flexible
Internet-based applications - matching the customer's way of doing
business with the demands of the Internet marketplace.
Healthaxis Inc. (NASDAQ:HAXS) - For investor information, call
[phone]. For information on Healthaxis products and software
solutions call [phone] or visit www.healthaxis.com. Healthaxis,
e-powering healthcare.
Note on forward-looking statements: All statements, trend analyses
and other information contained in this release and elsewhere (such as
in filings by Healthaxis Inc. with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, press releases, presentations by Healthaxis Inc. or its
management or oral statements) relative to markets for Healthaxis'
products and trends in Healthaxis' operations or financial results, as
well as other statements including words such as "anticipate,"
"believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "should," "could,"
"goal," "target," "designed," "on track," "comfortable with,"
"optimistic" and other similar expressions, constitute forward-looking
statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results
to be materially different from those contemplated by the
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things:
(1) general economic and business conditions, including changes in
purchasing patterns, prevailing interest rate levels, stock and credit
market performance and health care inflation, which may affect (among
other things) Healthaxis' ability to sell its products and have access
to capital resources; (2) Healthaxis' ability to achieve anticipated
levels of operational efficiencies; (3) customer response to new
products, distribution channels and marketing initiatives; (4) changes
in the Federal income tax laws and regulations; (5) increasing
competition in the sale of software solutions for the healthcare
industry; (6) regulatory changes or actions, including health care
regulation affecting the health insurance industry and software
solutions products related to this industry; (7) actions by rating
agencies and the effects of past or future actions by these agencies
on Healthaxis' business; and (8) the risk factors or uncertainties
listed from time to time in Healthaxis' filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

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CONTACT: Healthaxis Inc.
Steven M. Kaplan, 610/275-3800
[e-mail]

KEYWORD: PENNSYLVANIA TEXAS
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERNET MEDICAL
SOFTWARE

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