ATLANTA, June 22, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MedAvant Healthcare Solutions (MedAvant) (Nasdaq:PILL), a leader in healthcare technology and transaction services, today announced it has signed an expanded financing agreement with Laurus Master Fund, LTD, providing an additional $4.2 million of availability under its existing agreement.
"This financing immediately strengthens our financial position and provides us with the capital to leverage our technology by offering new services such as our recently announced front-end solutions for insurance payers," said John Lettko, MedAvant president and CEO.
Details on the terms of the agreement are available in MedAvant's 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About MedAvant Healthcare Solutions
MedAvant provides information technology used to process transactions within the healthcare industry. MedAvant offers electronic claims processing to healthcare providers, a Preferred Provider Organization called the National Preferred Provider Network (NPPN)(tm) and remote reporting solutions for medical laboratories. To facilitate these services, MedAvant operates Phoenix(sm), a highly scalable platform which supports real-time connections between healthcare clients. For more information, visit http://www.medavanthealth.com. MedAvant is a trade name of ProxyMed, Inc.
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