Medx12 Receives Loan and Grant Monies from the State of Kentucky; Healthcare Firms Continue to be an Investment Sweet Spot

(Jan. 23, 2009)—Louisville-Ky.-based Medx12 has been approved under the Kentucky Jobs Development Act (KJDA)for $360,000 in tax incentives for up to 10 years, and an additional $160,000 in the form of a forgivable loan from the Kentucky Department of Commercialization and Innovation's high-tech loan pool. The company additionally applied and received a grant to assist training new staff. The Bluegrass State Skills Corp. announced $25,000 will go to Medx12 as a grant-in-aid agreement for new hires–$2,500 for each of 10 new employees and two additional grants of $25,000 each over the next two years contingent upon completion of hiring and training of 20 additional employees. Additionally, MedX12 received $500,000 in private investment which will be used to complete new products and expand sales.

In 2009, Medx12 will add patient eligibility verification to its services that assist in taking a physician practice paperless. The company will also unveil services for dental practices, including a patient tracking electronic software for dentists or doctors. This software will insure that treatment prescribed through referrals has been received by the patient.

The company will also invest in additional office space during 2009. Currently the firm is housed in 1,600 square feet of leased space at 9750 Ormsby Station Road, off North Hurstbourne Parkway in Louisville, KY. It needs another 3,500 square feet in the first quarter and eventually will require 10,000 square feet more than it currently occupies over time.

Medx12's employment will go from three full-timers to 17. Additionally another 46 employees will be hired over the next three years in customer service, marketing, administration, and bookkeeping, as well as other technical fields.

Underscoring the importance of physician practices' going paperless, US President Barack Obama said in his radio address on the economy on Dec. 6th, 2008, "We will make sure every doctor's office and hospital in the country is using cutting edge technology and electronic medical records so that we can cut red tape, prevent medical mistakes, and help save billions of dollars each year."

The Chamber of Commerce of Louisville, Ky., Greater Louisville, Inc. and its Enterprise Corp. named Medx12 to its Hot Dozen Companies at its Holiday Showcase. The event, held on Dec. 9th, included displays from the Hot Dozen Companies and dignitaries from around the region, including Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson and GLI CEO Joe Reagan, as well as clients, partners, and friends. The annual reception each year honors the region's "hottest" companies, and is sponsored by Chilton & Medley, Old National Bank, and O'Callaghan's Catering.

Other medical-related companies that made the "Hot Dozen" included SCR, Inc., a medical device company committed to heart failure treatment options; Advanced Cancer Therapeutics, a biopharma company dedicated to advancing novel therapeutics for cancer; APOImmune, a biotechnology company that develops therapeutics based on activating or suppressing the immune system to fight disease; CreoSalus, a biotech company that specializes in peptide-based pharmaceutical development and manufacturing; and ImmunoTheragnostics, a life science company focused on the development and commercialization of exosome-based clinical diagnostic arrays for women's health.

About Medx12
Medx12 is a health care software service provider making physician practices paperless bringing revenue cycle management to a new and higher level. The company enables all health care providers an opportunity to simplify the administrative requirements of their offices and save costs through electronic claims processing, integrating electronic medical records into practice management, and installing billing systems. The Medx12 software as a service (SaaS) model offers off-site printing and mailing of patient statements, and collections from insurance payers as well as clients. An additional purchasing program will enable Medx12 to deliver medical supplies to the providers' door at lower prices. Medx12's employees are passionately dedicated to customer service, filling clients' needs. In the long and short run, this will keep Medx12 growing in years to come.