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Perot Systems Teams with AAPC for Exclusive Representation in South India

2007-12-05 08:31 917


PLANO, Texas and CHENNAI, India, Dec. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) today announced that the company has been selected by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) to represent AAPC in South India, including Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

Under terms of the agreement, Perot Systems will conduct exams for the Certified Professional Coders (CPC(TM)), Certified Professional Coders- Hospital (CPC-H(TM)), Certified Professional Coders -- Payer (CPC-P(TM)) credentials.

"We selected Perot Systems because of the strength of their team. This is a knowledgeable team of coding specialists who brings both tremendous real-world experience as well as ambitious goals for providing new and enhanced education and services. The information security and compliance practices that we saw during our visit provide us assurance that we have found a reliable and trusted provider," said Reed E. Pew, president and CEO of the American Academy of Professional Coders.

"We are delighted at this as it would provide us opportunities not just to certify the coding specialists in the South India region, but also create alternative, meaningful career options for life-sciences graduates everywhere. We are also working with AAPC on an American rural coding initiative to serve coders in rural parts of the USA. Service providers with delivery centers in South India will now be able to pursue new business opportunities in medical coding actively," said Shaji Ravi, head of account management and production, Physician Billing Services, Insurance and Business Process Solutions (IBPS) India.

Vardhman Jain, managing director, Perot Systems Insurance and Business Process Solutions (IBPS) India said, "This association is mutually beneficial to Perot Systems as a representative of service providers in South India and AAPC. Perot Systems values our association with AAPC and will strive to effectively administer education programs and services with highest commitment and integrity."

For more information on Perot Systems services to AAPC, coding as an alternative career option and the certification process, please e-mail aapc@ps.net /medicalcoding@ps.net .

About AAPC

The AAPC is America's largest education and credentialing association for medical coders. The AAPC provides certified credentials to medical coders in physician offices, hospitals, and outpatient centers. The three certifications AAPC offers are CPC(TM), CPC-H(TM), and CPC-P(TM), and they represent the gold standard certification for medical coding. Additionally, AAPC offers 15 specialty credentials. AAPC provides a wide variety of benefits to its 60,000 worldwide members. Its National Advisory Board operates in an advisory capacity to the national office, and is a separate entity from the AAPCCA Board of Directors.

About Perot Systems

Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2006 revenue of $2.3 billion. The company has more than 22,000 associates located in North America, Europe, and Asia. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com .

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. For factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov, as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, for additional information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.

Source: Perot Systems Corporation
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