SoftWriters, Inc., A Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) company, is excited to welcome Shantanu (Shan) Bhide into a newly established executive role. As the Vice President of Technology, Shan will be responsible for leading the product management, development, and quality assurance functions at SoftWriters.

Shan joins SoftWriters with more than 20 years of experience delivering software products and solutions to a broad range of customers, and he brings deep knowledge and dedicated customer focus to the SoftWriters team. Throughout his career, Shan has been a passionate change promoter and thought leader for software in business.

Tim Tannert, Chief Operating Officer, SoftWriters, states, "Shan is a great addition to our executive team. His role represents SoftWriters' ongoing commitment to the long-term care pharmacy space, and specifically listening to our customers and developing our solutions around their needs. In tune with our focus on delivering innovative solutions while putting our customers first, Shan will lead the effort to evolve our best practices for our product management, quality assurance and development processes."

About SoftWritersSoftWriters, Inc., A Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) company, is a leading software solution provider servicing pharmacies that provide care to long term post-acute care patients, assisted living residents, independent living residents, pharmacies servicing group homes, correctional facilities, specialty pharmacies, and pharmacies servicing 340B contracts. SoftWriters operates as part of Managed Health Care Associates (MHA), a leading health care services and software company focused on the alternate site health care provider marketplace.

SoftWriters' suite of products include FrameworkLTC® solutions for inventory control, dispensing, clinical screening, pharmacy automation, content management, workflow, delivery, communications, advanced reporting and business intelligence, accounting, real-time electronic billing, electronic prescribing, and pharmacy operation optimization. For more information, visit the company website, www.softwriters.com.