The survey also shed light on the anxiety facing Ohio residents from Aberdeen to Zoarville trying to get a handle on their healthcare finances. Forty-three percent felt that healthcare costs had drastically increased in the past year, and nearly 70 percent expressed concern about their ability to manage medical bills for themselves and their families. As a result, three-quarters of respondents routinely put off opening their medical mail, which includes bills and explanation of benefits statements.

"Our findings in Ohio are a prime example of how medical bills stand apart in the family budget," said Peter Karpas, president and division general manager of Quicken Health Group. "No other payment seems to cause so much concern and angst. And because medical bill amounts can be significant and often arrive when people are stressed, this is the one bill that must be clear, understandable and easy to pay."

These challenges are driving development in consumer-oriented medical management tools, including two online tools from Intuit: Quicken Health Expense Tracker(SM), which helps patients understand what they owe and why. It also provides guidance on what to do if something is wrong, and helps consumers conveniently pay online. A second tool, Quicken Health(SM) Bill Pay, makes it easy for doctors to provide their patients with a more understandable medical bill that can be conveniently paid electronically -- resulting in less confusion and faster payments. More than two-thirds of survey respondents said they would use a product that would help them understand their medical bill and the amount they're being asked to pay.

"There's a connection between the unfamiliar language, on one hand, and delinquent bills on the other, Karpas said.

"Additional research has shown that 40 percent of patients don't pay their medical bills, simply because they either don't understand what they're being asked to pay for or don't believe they are responsible for the amount due. As many as half of those bills are written off as unpaid debt and that can drive up healthcare costs for everyone," he added.

The Ohio study also found that people don't use technology to pay medical bills as frequently as they do to pay other debts. While Americans routinely pay many bills electronically, 68 percent of Ohio respondents still pay their medical bills by paper check--a source of higher processing costs for a sector that is trying to keep costs down.

Quicken Health's Ohio Healthcare survey was conducted from Sept. 22 -- 29 by Decipher Research on behalf of Intuit's Quicken Health Group. It surveyed 1,000 adult Ohio residents who had visited a medical doctor in the past 24 months.

Additional Resources

-- More Ohio survey findings can be found at www.quickenhealthohiosurvey.com

-- For information on Quicken Health Expense Tracker, go to www.QuickenHealth.com

-- Providers interested in learning more about getting paid faster should go to www.intuitpatientpayments.com

-- Click here for the Quicken Health Group online press room.

-- Follow the Quicken Health Group on Twitter at www.twitter.com/quickenhealth

About the Quicken Health Group

Utilizing the same consumer focused development process that has created leading solutions for consumers and small businesses like TurboTax(R), QuickBooks(R) and Quicken(R), the Quicken Health Group is a division of Intuit Inc. that is working with health plans, employers and providers to create solutions that make the financial side of healthcare easier.

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Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses; financial institutions, including banks and credit unions; consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks(R), Quicken(R) and TurboTax(R), simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. ProSeries(R) and Lacerte(R) are Intuit's leading tax preparation offerings for professional accountants. The company's financial institutions division, anchored by Digital Insight, provides on-demand banking services to help banks and credit unions serve businesses and consumers with innovative solutions.

Founded in 1983, Intuit had annual revenue of $3.2 billion in its fiscal year 2009. The company has approximately 7,800 employees with major offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and other locations. More information can be found at www.intuit.com.

Intuit, the Intuit logo, Quicken Health Expense Tracker, Quicken Health Bill Pay, and Quicken among others, are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other parties' trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners and should be treated as such.

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Founded in 1983, Intuit had annual revenue of $3.2 billion in its fiscal year 2009. The company has approximately 8,200 employees with major offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and other locations. More information can be found at www.intuit.com.

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Intuit is also making it easier for developers to build data-rich applications by offering more comprehensive integration with QuickBooks data stored on users' desktops. With the new Intuit Partner Platform API, Intuit Data Services, developers can integrate a broader range of QuickBooks data into their applications, including items, jobs, accounts and sales reps. Developers can also include accounts receivable transactions, such as estimates, sales orders, invoices and payments.

"With nearly 25 million potential users within the companies that use QuickBooks and an easily accessible way to discover new apps right within the software they use every day, the opportunity for developers to make money and succeed has never been better," said Alex Chriss, director of the Intuit Partner Platform. "We are fueling innovation by giving developers better tools and more data to create great apps that seamlessly integrate with QuickBooks. And we've made it easy for customers to find and buy the apps that help them do more in less time every day. It's a win-win."

API Enhancements Enable More Integration and Richer Apps

Several new features and enhancements added to the Intuit Partner Platform APIs will help developers build and federate more powerful applications and better manage their usage. Intuit Data Services are a new set of REST-based Web APIs that provide access to shared data in the Intuit cloud.

-- Billing Entitlements -- Developers now have more pricing options for their applications. Billing entitlements lets developers set prices based on features included in a particular version as well as the number of users associated with their application.

-- Self-Serve Google Analytics(TM) -- Developers can use the powerful reporting capabilities of Google Analytics to track performance and usage of their applications on the Intuit Partner Platform.

-- Intuit Sync Agent -- An easy-to-use wizard in QuickBooks 2010 makes the customer setup process easier. Using the sync agent, customers can permit their QuickBooks desktop data to be made securely available to applications in the Intuit cloud. Users need to run the wizard just once when setting up their first Intuit App Center application.

New applications now available in the Intuit AppCenter include: Pixily Document Management, Central Desktop, FuelStation by ClickFuel, Expensify, MyFax and TableTop Dashboards and Reports by DreamFactory. The applications are available at http://workplace.intuit.com.

Growth of Open Source Community

Intuit's open source community, code.intuit.com has experienced significant growth since its creation in July 2009. More than 500 developers have registered and are contributing to more than 20 projects that will help others build new applications or improve existing ones.

New projects on code.intuit.com include Java-based testing utilities, an example Adobe(R) Flex(R) reference application integrating with Intuit Data Services and a Python library facilitating Intuit Data Services connectivity with e-commerce sites such as Yahoo!(R) Stores and eBay(R). In addition, third-party developers contributed to PHP, Python(TM) and Ruby SAML gateways from the Intuit Partner Platform developer community.

"The enthusiastic support of a community of developers and a ready customer base have a crucial, symbiotic role in the market success of any platform," said Phil Wainewright, CEO of Procullux Ventures, a commentator and strategist on software-as-a-service and author of the recently released report, "Redefining Software Platforms: How PaaS Changes the Game for ISVs."

"Market demand from customers helps encourage developers to adopt the platform, while their efforts to extend the platform's capabilities helps make it more attractive to a broader range of customers. With a robust set of development and business tools plus the millions of QuickBooks customers, Intuit is well-positioned to be a solid partner for ISVs looking to reach small businesses," Wainewright said.

Resources:

-- App Center Overview Video

-- IPP Team Blog

-- Intuit Partner Platform on Twitter

-- Intuit on Twitter

-- Intuit Press Room

About Intuit Inc.

Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses; financial institutions, including banks and credit unions; consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks(R), Quicken(R) and TurboTax(R), simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. ProSeries(R) and Lacerte(R) are Intuit's leading tax preparation software suites for professional accountants. The company's financial institutions division, anchored by Digital Insight, provides on-demand banking services to help banks and credit unions serve businesses and consumers with innovative solutions.

Founded in 1983, Intuit had annual revenue of $3.2 billion in its fiscal year 2009. The company has approximately 7,800 employees with major offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and other locations. More information can be found at www.intuit.com.

Intuit, the Intuit logo, and QuickBooks, among others, are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. in the United States and other countries. For free trials and promotions, please see the websites listed above for the terms, conditions, and restrictions related to such offers.

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