CHICAGO, March 23, 2006 - GE Healthcare Financial Services has provided a five-year, $25 million revolver and a six-year, $85 million term loan B to Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), a Westminster, Colo.-based company that provides supply chain management services to increase efficiencies for healthcare buyers and sellers.

GHX has used the financing to acquire San Jose-based Neoforma, Inc., which offers similar, yet complementary, products and services designed to improve efficiencies, accuracy and collaboration. The acquisition broadens GHX's customer base to approximately 2,500 acute care hospitals, 800 non-acute facilities and 200 supplier organizations.

"GE's loan structure has enabled us to complete an acquisition that will help grow the GHX business by expanding and enhancing the expertise we can provide our customers," said Greg Nash, chief financial officer, GHX. "Throughout the process, GE's team really got to know GHX and helped us identify different options to create a solution that made sense within the scope of our business plan."

GE Healthcare Financial Services is a provider of capital, financial solutions, and related services for the global healthcare market. With over $13 billion of capital committed to the healthcare industry, GE Healthcare Financial Services offers a full range of capabilities from equipment financing and real estate financing to working capital lending, vendor programs, and practice acquisition financing. With its knowledge of all aspects of healthcare from hospitals and long-term care facilities to physicians' practices and life sciences, GE Healthcare Financial Services works with customers to create tailored financial solutions that help them improve their productivity and profitability. For more information, visit .

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