Bupa Implements Brainware Distiller for Efficient Accounts Payable Automation

Global Healthcare Provider Streamlines Invoice Processing with Intelligent Data Capture

March 14, 2012, Ashburn, VA—Brainware, Inc., recipient of the 2011 PayStream Advisors Technology Excellence Award for Healthcare Supply Chain, announced today that Bupa, a UK-based international healthcare group serving more than 10 million customers in 190 countries around the world, has implemented Brainware Distiller to increase efficiency in accounts payable processing at the organization’s UK Invoice Payments Centres. This project, which includes Brainware’s Visibility module for enabling superior cash management through on-demand metrics and analytics, will enable the touchless processing and validation of header and line item data into Bupa’s PeopleSoft ERP system, supporting the group’s goal as a Provident Association of optimising the re-investment of profits for the benefit of its customers.

“Brainware’s record of success in automating document-intensive business processes within the healthcare industry demonstrates our technology’s proposition as a driver of savings and control, helping providers like Bupa to focus their attention on delivering world-class products and services,” said Carl E. Mergele, Chief Executive Officer at Brainware. “Brainware offers unparalleled capabilities for automation without being limited by diverse languages, legacy IT platforms, heavy volumes, auditory regulations or other complexities inherent to a global operation. We are proud to count Bupa among the many customers who rely on Distiller for their extensive automation needs.”

A leading international healthcare group, Bupa offers personal and company health insurance, runs care homes for older people and hospitals, and provides workplace health services, health assessments and chronic disease management services, including health coaching and home healthcare. With no shareholders, Bupa invests its profits to provide more and better healthcare. The company is committed to making quality, patient-centered, affordable healthcare more accessible in the areas of wellness, chronic disease management and aging. Employing over 52,000 people, Bupa has operations around the world, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand and the USA, as well as Hong Kong, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, China and across Latin America. For more information, visit www.bupa.com.