National Vision, Inc. Selects Health Care Software, Inc. (HCS) INTERACTANT

Farmingdale, NJ (September 2003) - HCS is pleased to announce its recent contract signing with National Vision, Inc. With INTERACTANT, National Vision, Inc. gains a powerful enterprise information system that will improve workflow and provide real-time access to accounts receivable billing and collections information. Nation Vision, Inc. will consolidate disparate systems with INTERACTANT's integrated approach to revenue cycle management.

National Vision, Inc. will be implementing HCS INTERACTANT Healthcare Management and Financial Applications including clinic and outpatient registration, contract management, electronic billing/remittance, collections, and executive information systems.

"We were looking for an IBM eServer solution that would 1) integrate several functional applications, 2) provide a solid contract management system, and 3) lower our processing costs," states Timothy W. Ranney, Vice President Finance and Managed Care Operations at National Vision, Inc. "HCS INTERACTANT simply met our needs better than their competition."

About National Vision, Inc. - A retail optical company which operates 495 vision centers throughout the United States and Mexico. Of the company's vision centers, 381 are in domestic Wal-Mart stores, 37 are in Wal-Mart de Mexico stores, 54 are located in Fred Meyers stores, and 23 are in military bases throughout the United States. The company's vision centers sell a wide range of optical products including eyeglasses, contact lenses, as well as sunglasses, and offers the services of optometrists at nearly all of its locations.

About HCS - HCS has been exclusively dedicated to information technology for healthcare providers since 1969. The HCS product, INTERACTANT, is a series of integrated clinical and financial applications supporting the continuum of outpatient healthcare services.

For additional information on this project or to learn more about INTERACTANT, please call (800) 524-1038. Also, please visit the National Vision, Inc. website.