Bottomline and Excela Health Explore Strategies for Capitalizing on the HITECH Act at HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo

Presentation to Healthcare Executives and Hospital Administrators Highlights Medical Forms Automation as Important First Step in Migration to Electronic Health Records

PORTMSOUTH, NH – November 04, 2009 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced that Chris Luoma, Director of Product, Healthcare Solutions, will be moderating an executive discussion on how hospitals and healthcare providers can leverage the HITECH Act as a trigger for accelerating the transition to electronic data, improving processes and achieving ‘meaningful use’ during the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo.

This case study session will examine Excela Health’s successful automation of clinical and business office forms-based processes using Bottomline’s medical forms automation solutions. Joining Mr. Luoma will be Harvey Wright, Senior Systems Analyst for Excela Health.

Bottomline’s easy-to-use solutions transform data captured by hospital information systems into professional and customizable documents and forms, placing important information in front of patients, care givers, administrators, business office and operations personnel, and key decision makers through the most efficient distribution method available. Across the globe, more than 1,500 healthcare organizations have deployed Bottomline solutions.

For more information, visit: www.bottomline.com/healthcare_solutions.html.

Time and Location: ‘Capitalizing on the HITECH Act’ will take place on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. EST. Information on the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo can be found at: www.himssvirtual.org.

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To help raise awareness of the environmental benefits achieved by transitioning from paper to electronic processing, Bottomline has posted a green savings calculator on its Web site at: www.bottomline.com/gogreen.

About Bottomline Technologies
Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) provides collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions to corporations, financial institutions and banks around the world. The company’s solutions are used to streamline, automate and manage processes involving payments, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and transactional documents. Organizations trust these solutions to meet their needs for cost reduction, competitive differentiation and optimization of working capital. Headquartered in the United States, Bottomline also maintains offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.bottomline.com.

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Company Contact:
Alana Burns
Bottomline Technologies
603-501-6601
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