Bottomline Technologies Introduces Expanded Functionality for Medical Forms Automation

PORTSMOUTH, NH – September 24, 2008 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced the release of MedEx 2.0, the next generation of its medical forms automation solution for addressing the efficient capture and exchange of accurate data between patients, providers, payers, suppliers and systems.

Bottomline’s easy-to-use solution transforms data captured by hospital information systems into professional and customizable documents and form sets. Through the advanced capabilities inherent in MedEx 2.0, healthcare providers can accelerate the creation of a variety of standardized forms, including those associated with admissions, patient consent and clinical compliance, as well as barcoded patient wristbands and labels in a new, more flexible design environment. Combined with updated functionality for improved forms management and distribution, MedEx 2.0 allows hospitals to place important information in front of stakeholders across the continuum of care through the most efficient communication channel.

Across the nation more than 700 hospitals and healthcare organizations have deployed Bottomline’s document and payment automation solutions to reduce costs, streamline document-intensive processes, comply with government and industry mandated practices, improve productivity and ensure patient safety. Among the hospitals and healthcare organizations to recently select the company’s solutions are San Joaquin General Hospital, Excela Health, Catholic Healthcare Partners and Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center.

With MedEx 2.0, hospitals and healthcare providers can:

- Reduce time to implementation with a simplified installation process, streamlined architecture and packaged professional services designed to help users maximize their MedEx deployment;

- Quickly and easily design medical forms to meet the specific needs of healthcare and business office personnel;

- Filter information based on specific locations, units and groups of users, and automatically route demographic information to all associated documents;

- Use advanced search capabilities to base inquiries on unique patient identifiers to locate patient forms more rapidly; and

- Leverage Bottomline’s award-winning document process automation capabilities to enhance interactions between the business office, healthcare providers and payers.

“Helping a hospital or healthcare provider enhance existing document-driven processes requires both an understanding of the client’s long-term objectives, and the ways in which internal and external members of the healthcare community interact,” said Rick Bell, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Bottomline Technologies. “In bringing to market MedEx 2.0, we’ve drawn upon our knowledge of this market and the needs of end users to provide a solution that delivers important medical and business information how, when and where it’s required.”

Pricing and Availability: MedEx 2.0 is available today. Pricing varies based on customer configuration. For more information, please call 1-800-472-1321.

Editorial Note: Bottomline will be exhibiting in booth 2010 at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Convention and Exhibit in Seattle, October 11-16, 2008. To arrange an on-site meeting, please contact Billy Balfour at 603-501-5219.