In April, 2009, we transitioned the Verden Alert subscription service to Medical Present Value (MPV), an Austin-based company with the competence, infrastructure and market reach to more widely distribute this service across health care provider organizations.

Verden will continue to rank insurers on a quarterly basis using the same Alert-based data, now licensed from MPV. We are very pleased with the transition of our Alert product to MPV as it is an exceptional company, stocked with some terrific talent that has designed
innovative products for health care providers for many years. They share the same industry vision as Verden and therefore were a perfect choice for the continuation of the Alerts.

The terms of the sale have allowed us to continue to produce our well-received rankings analysis work and in addition, has facilitated the extension of Verden’s research services. This allows for a deeper and most robust analysis of payer trends, providing insight into insurers’ policy decision-making, and spending more time assessing how those policies impact our
population’s health. Our company is therefore evolving further into health care business research and analytics, considerably extending our consulting services and expertise.

You can learn more about the Alerts by going to MPV's website at http://www.mpv.com/sol_payer_alert.php

Susanne Madden
President and CEO