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To: Mark Fowler who wrote (49221)	4/7/1999 10:30:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164687

Mark, here's some news on Hlth and please remember it's a Kleiner deal. >> SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Healtheon Corporation (Nasdaq: HLTH), the pioneering provider of Internet-based solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK) has selected Healtheon(TM) BenefitCentral to provide online enrollment and benefits management. Healtheon is deploying BenefitCentral to Tektronix through Buck Consultants, a leading worldwide human resources consulting firm. Tektronix is a global high-technology company based on a portfolio of measurement, color printing and video and networking businesses. Headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon, the company employs more than 8,000 people worldwide and maintains operations in 26 countries outside the United States. Healtheon BenefitCentral is an Internet-based service that provides employers and employees with online enrollment and benefits management through any standard Web browser. It is designed to save time and reduce the costs and errors associated with paper-based enrollment systems. The service allows employees to compare and enroll in health plans, search for and select care providers, obtain answers to benefit questions, and electronically manage their benefits. Employers use BenefitCentral to generate reports of benefits data and automatically exchange enrollment information and updates between the employer and the health plan, thereby improving the accuracy and timeliness of the eligibility process. BenefitCentral's "point and click" configuration allows Healtheon and its partners to rapidly customize employer benefit programs on the system. "We're pleased to be deploying Healtheon BenefitCentral to Tektronix, one of the world's leading high-technology companies," said Mike Long, chief executive officer of Healtheon. "Clearly the time and cost advantages of Internet-based benefits enrollment and management were attractive to a technology-focused firm such as Tektronix," he added. "We look forward to realizing the value of transferring our benefits enrollment and management system online with Healtheon and Buck Consultants," said Michael Linder, corporate benefits administration manager of Tektronix. He added, "We anticipate that both our employees and human resources managers will find BenefitCentral a great improvement over our existing paper-based systems." "Tektronix's decision to work with Healtheon and Buck Consultants once again establishes the value of the partnership we have created," said Doug Robinson, managing principal of Buck Consultants. "More and more companies are coming to the realization that online benefits enrollment and management are the wave of the future," he added. About Healtheon Healtheon is applying advanced Internet technology to enable healthcare providers and consumers to interact with each other and the institutions of healthcare -- to securely communicate, exchange information and perform complex transactions. Healtheon's services simplify the business and clinical processes of healthcare, decrease costs and improve the quality of patient care. Healtheon can be reached at 888-486-9498 or www.healtheon.com. NOTE: Healtheon and Healtheon BenefitCentral are trademarks of Healtheon Corporation. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. SOURCE Healtheon Corporation <<