El Paso, TX, November 25, 2003 – XIMIS, Inc. today announces the release of X-EDI, XIMIS – Electronic Data Interchange, is the newest product to be added to the XIMIS product line. X-EDI is an easy to use toolkit that will allow you to develop your own HIPAA compliant applications to easily interact with various insurance companies. It will eliminate the need to read through cryptic guidelines for each HIPAA compliant transaction sets you would like to implement. X-EDI supports all common required transaction sets. X-EDI is a Java-based toolkit that supports all major platforms and has the capability for EDI to XML and XML to EDI conversions.

After evaluating several other toolkits available in the marketplace, the development team at XIMIS still could not find the appropriate tool to use for XIRIS Billing system. The lack of usable tools prompted Misha Koshelev, software programmer to research and lead the development efforts for X-EDI. The result being that a product, X-EDI is born that will provide a solution to the development of any HIPAA compliant applications. X-EDI will eliminate your development cycle with preloaded libraries and samples. It will also output attractive HTML pages. X-EDI is shipped with full documentation and manual.

“The development of X-EDI is consistent with XIMIS’s commitment to continually deliver high-caliber products that provide technically innovative applications in enhancing the operations of healthcare providers. This is yet another milestone in our continued focus on delivering HIPAA-ready radiology workflow solution,” said Katitza Gerdau, President of XIMIS, Inc.

X-EDI has been tested and implemented into the XIRIS Billing system. Certified by WebMD/Envoy, you can be assured of its HIPAA compliance. For more information on X-EDI and how it can improve your productivity, call 1.877.44.XIRIS.