empactHealth.com | News: Press Release 01/24/2000

empactHealth.com Announces Support for New Commerce One Products and Services

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - January 24, 2000 - empactHealth.com today announced support for the newly available suite of industry-leading electronic commerce products, services and portal solutions from Commerce One, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMRC). Through its support for these new products and services, empactHealth.com intends to enable its customers to rapidly and effectively achieve the benefits of business-to-business e-commerce.

Using Commerce One BuySite™ e-procurement application and Commerce One MarketSite™ Portal Solution, empactHealth.com plans to create a complete buy-side and sell-side e-procurement marketplace for the healthcare industry. As new partners come on board, empactHealth's web-based marketplace for healthcare supplies and equipment will evolve quickly. As a result of its initial agreement with Columbia/HCA, owner and operator of more than 200 hospitals worldwide, empactHealth is finalizing commitments from several of the largest suppliers and manufacturers of medical supplies and equipment. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., empactHealth expects to begin implementing its e-procurement solutions in the first quarter of 2000.

"The Commerce One solution is helping us speed up our time to market for delivering our e-marketplace for the healthcare industry," said Eddie Pearson, President and CEO of empactHealth. "With Commerce One BuySite we can offer our customers an e-procurement solution that will streamline their purchasing and reduce their costs."

empactHealth.com offers buyers and suppliers in the healthcare industry a complete, e-procurement solution that dramatically reduces their costs. empactHealth.com positively impacts the supply chain-related processes of buyers and suppliers by integrating into their respective businesses, thus enabling efficient, cost effective e-commerce via its empactMarketplace for healthcare. empactMarketplace will work seamlessly with Commerce One's Global Trading Web™, the world's largest business-to-business trading community, and also provide healthcare buyers the widest range of healthcare and non-healthcare supplies and equipment on the Web.

"We see empactHealth.com with its impressive initial client base as a strategic partner in the global healthcare community," said Chuck Donchess, vice president of marketing and business development for Commerce One. "We are very excited to have empactHealth.com as a preferred strategic healthcare partner and look forward to helping empactHealth.com bring value to all of their customers, both buyers and suppliers, throughout the healthcare industry."

About empactHealth.com

empactHealth.com is a leading provider of e-procurement solutions for the healthcare industry. empactHealth.com offers buyers and suppliers comprehensive, web-based procurement solutions that dramatically reduce their costs. empactHealth.com positively impacts the supply chain-related processes of buyers and suppliers by integrating into their respective businesses, thus enabling efficient, cost effective e-commerce via its empactMarketplace for healthcare. empactHealth.com is located in Nashville, Tenn., and can be reached by phone at (615) 344-5220 or via the Internet at www.empactHealth.com.

About Commerce One

Commerce One (NASDAQ: CMRC) is the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business. Through its products, portals, and services, Commerce One creates access to worldwide markets, allowing anyone to buy from anyone, anytime, anywhere. The Commerce One Global Trading Web™ is the world's largest business-to-business trading community. Comprised of many open e-marketplaces, the Global Trading Web provides unprecedented economies of scale for buying organizations, suppliers, and service providers worldwide. Commerce One is located in Walnut Creek, Calif., and can be reached by phone at (800) 308-3838 or (925) 941-6000 or via the Internet at http://www.commerceone.com/.

Commerce One, Many Markets. One Source., Global Trading Web, BuySite, MarketSite, Global Trading Platform, Common Business Library, XML Development Kit, XML Commerce Connector, MarketView, and SupplyOrder are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Commerce One, Inc. All other company, product, and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.