For Immediate Release

Contact:
Scott Harris
Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Milliman Care Guidelines
Tel +1 206 381.8160
Cell +1 480 203.7268
scott.harris@milliman.com

Samantha Meese
Strategic Communications Manager
Regence
Tel +1 503.225.5332
Cell +1 503.853.3730
sxmeese@regence.com

Regence Licenses Evidence-based Milliman Care Guidelines^®

Leading Clinical Guidelines Support Quality Care

SEATTLE — August 14, 2007 — Regence, the Pacific Northwest/Mountain region’s largest health insurer, has licensed the complete six-product, evidence-based clinical guidelines series from Seattle-based Milliman Care Guidelines LLC, A Milliman Company.

The Care Guidelines present best practices for treating common conditions in a variety of care settings and assist healthcare professionals in providing quality care by reducing underuse, overuse and misuse of medical resources. They are available in many easy-to-use software options, from web-based applications to interactive software producing real-time management reports, to handheld versions.

Regence’s health care services team, consisting of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington, will use the annually updated Care Guidelines products through Milliman’s Web software.  This method of access provides efficient, streamlined navigation, and gives users easy access to detailed medical evidence through annotated bibliographies, references and footnotes.

“Regence selected the Milliman Care Guidelines to incorporate them into TriZetto’s Clinical CareAdvance™ management program to refine and improve our ability to provide time, disease, and member-specific assistance to members and physicians regardless of their level of care, at home, in a care facility, or in a hospital,” said Terry Olson, MD, medical director for Regence BlueShield. “Our members require assistance in making healthcare choices for a variety of conditions and in a variety of settings. The combination of Milliman and Clinical CareAdvance places Regence at the forefront in providing both member and physician assistance,” Olson added.

“We’re very pleased that Regence has joined the more than one thousand clients already using the Care Guidelines,” said Scott Harris, Milliman Care Guidelines Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  “We’re based in Seattle, and are especially happy to announce that they have become our 14th client in Washington. By using our evidence-based guidelines, Regence can continue to improve healthcare quality and patient safety wherever it offers coverage -- improvements that are vital to the physical and economic well-being of all the region’s residents and employers.  The Chronic Care Guidelines product is an excellent example of this, as it supports health plans’ and employers’ efforts to improve the health of those with chronic diseases such as Asthma and Diabetes. We can even offer clients a Spanish-language version of its patient education materials,” Harris concluded.

About Regence

Created in 1995, Regence is the largest health insurer in the Pacific Northwest/Mountain State region. It includes Regence BlueShield of Idaho, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah and Regence BlueShield (in Washington). Through these plans, Regence provides health, life, vision, dental and long-term care insurance to nearly three million members. Regence and its plans are not-for-profit, independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. More than one in three Americans have coverage from the Blues. For more information, visit
www.regence.com.

About Milliman Care Guidelines

Milliman Care Guidelines LLC, A Milliman Company, is located in Seattle, Washington, and independently develops and produces evidence-based clinical guidelines that are used to support the care of one in three Americans. Covering the continuum of care, the annually-updated, six-product Care Guidelines series includes Ambulatory Care, Inpatient and Surgical Care, General Recovery Guidelines, Recovery Facility Care, Home Care, and Chronic Care Guidelines. For more information, visit
www.careguidelines.com.

Milliman Care Guidelines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Milliman, which serves the full spectrum of business, financial, government, and union organizations. Founded in 1947 as Milliman & Robertson, the company has 47 offices in principal cities in the United States and worldwide. Milliman employs more than 2,000 people, including a professional staff of over 900 qualified consultants and actuaries. The firm has consulting practices in employee benefits, healthcare, life insurance/financial services, and property & casualty insurance. It is a founding member of Milliman Global, an international organization of consulting firms serving insurance, employee benefits and healthcare clients around the globe. For further information, visit
www.milliman.com.