Portico Systems Recognized as a Leading Philadelphia Area Employer

Named a “Best Places to Work” and One of the Largest Software Developers

• Press Release
• Source: Portico Systems
• On 3:05 pm EDT, Friday October 16, 2009

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Portico Systems, the leader in Integrated Provider Management (IPM) solutions, announced today that it has been selected as one of the Philadelphia Business Journal's Best Places To Work™ for the Greater Philadelphia area. The Best Places to Work contest was developed by Quantum Workplace to recognize and honor companies that understand the value of their human assets. Results are determined solely by the quantitative measurement of employee input.

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Portico Systems has also been ranked number 4 on the 2009 Philadelphia Business Journal’s Software Developers List, which ranks companies by number of local employees.

While the nation debates how best to improve healthcare, insurance companies are re-evaluating how they provide high quality, affordable healthcare. Many of the most forward thinking plans are turning to Portico Systems’ solutions to lower costs, increase efficiency and improve relationships with providers.

“We are very appreciative of this recognition by the Philadelphia Business Journal and are proud to be a part of the greater Philadelphia community,” stated Ned Moore, CEO, Co-Founder and Director, Portico Systems. “I thank the Portico team for their commitment to creating innovative solutions for our customers.”

About Portico Systems

Portico Systems (www.porticosys.com) offers the leading Integrated Provider Management solution for health plans. Our modular end-to-end IPM platform is the result of our exclusive focus on provider management and extensive provider network experience. Portico's platform is used by health plans to reduce administrative, medical and IT costs through automating all provider processes and interactions. Portico also delivers higher levels of provider satisfaction and member loyalty through the improvement of a health plan's provider operations. Portico Systems is a partner company of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE:SFE - News) www.safeguard.com.

Media Contact for Portico Systems:
Corporate Ink
George Robertson
617-969-9192
grobertson@corporateink.com

Corporate Contact:
Portico Systems
Allison Lattanze
Director of Marketing
215-358-3726
alattanze@porticosys.com

Business Development Contact:
Portico Systems
Christopher Jones
Director of Business Development
215-358-3723
cjones@porticosys.com