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Palomar Pomerado Health System Selects Compliance 360 for Contract and Compliance Management

Atlanta, GA. – August 19, 2008– Compliance 360, a leading provider of on-demand software solutions for enterprise governance, risk management and compliance (eGRC) and the most widely used solution in the healthcare industry, announced today that Palomar Pomerado Health has selected Compliance 360 for the management of their compliance and contract management activities.

Palomar Pomerado Health (PPH) is a large multi-facility healthcare provider in San Diego California, whose facilities include the 319-bed Palomar Medical Center in Escondido and 107-bed Pomerado Hospital in Poway. The hospital district covers an 800-square mile area and is the largest hospital district in California. With a full spectrum of health services, PPH’s state-of-the-art hospitals, birth centers, rehabilitation and long-term care centers, home health care and hospice services, deliver exceptional services to patients.

Key project goals for Palomar included centralizing and standardizing the management of all contracts for better accountability and cost control, as well as the creation of an integrated, enterprise wide compliance system, eliminating the multitude of disparate systems and spreadsheets previously utilized. Compliance 360 will help PPH automate their contract management process, including collaboration & approval processes, automatic email alerts for contract deadlines, archiving, version control, and effective storage mechanisms.

General Counsel Janine Sarti commented, “I had worked with Compliance 360’s tools before and in addition to their rich product features I was very pleased with the professionalism of their personnel. Compliance 360 is well suited to address the specific needs of our individual departments as well as the comprehensive needs of our diverse organization. I’m confident they’ll help us achieve our objectives."

“We’re delighted that Palomar Pomerado Health has selected our offering and are excited to gain a prominent healthcare customer based in one of the nation’s most populous areas,” said Steve McGraw, president and CEO of Compliance 360. “We look forward to a very successful partnership as we roll out our capabilities to the individual departments and across the entire Palomar system in the months ahead.”

About Palomar Pomerado Health
Palomar Pomerado Health is a leading, multi-facility, healthcare organization in San Diego, California. When it comes to health care, Palomar Pomerado Health, which includes 319-bed Palomar Medical Center in Escondido and 107-bed Pomerado Hospital in Poway, serves North County, California. The system covers an 800-square mile area and is the largest hospital district in the state. With a full spectrum of health services, its state-of-the-art hospitals, birth centers, rehabilitation and long-term care centers, plus home health care and hospice services, deliver the health care needed for every member of families in the communities it serves.

About Compliance 360 for Healthcare
The Compliance 360 on-demand solution for healthcare providers enables a holistic approach to regulatory compliance and risk management through one comprehensive, enterprise-wide platform. With this solution, healthcare providers have the unique ability to link all their compliance activities and documentation to the pertinent regulations through a Virtual Evidence Room™. The Compliance 360 solution for healthcare providers addresses the need for policy management, centralized regulatory management including HIPAA, Medicare, EMTALA, STARK and others, adverse-event management, contract management, surveys, remediation projects, medical records audit management for Medicare CMS RAC audits, self assessments, and enterprise risk management. Industry leading healthcare providers that depend on Compliance 360 include Billings Clinic, Catholic Healthcare Systems, IASIS Healthcare, InterDent, Jackson Memorial Hospital, LifeLink Foundation, MultiCare Health System, Nassau University Medical Center, PeaceHealth, Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, St. Luke's Regional Medical Center and Spectrum Health. To learn more about the Compliance 360 solution for healthcare, visit www.compliance360.com/healthcare.

About Compliance 360
Compliance 360 is a leading provider of enterprise governance, risk management and compliance solutions for companies that operate in highly regulated industries. The Compliance 360 on-demand solution suite addresses IT governance, policies and procedures management, incident management, surveys, Sarbanes Oxley compliance and enterprise risk management. Customers benefit by reducing risks, improving efficiencies, accelerating revenue cycles and protecting their brands. Compliance 360 is headquartered in Atlanta, GA and assists over 93,000 users everyday in a variety of highly regulated complex business environments including healthcare, insurance, financial services and others. For more information, visit http://www.compliance360.com/.