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Availity LLC, a payer-owned claims clearinghouse in Jacksonville, Fla., will host on its Web site free electronic prescribing software from Prematics Inc. The owners of Availity-Humana Inc. and Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas-will sponsor the project, which also includes free computer equipment for physicians. But Bethesda, Md.-based Prematics, a start-up vendor, will absorb initial costs of making e-prescribing available to 28,.0OO physician clients of Availity. Prematics enters partnerships with insurance companies to offer e-prescribing software and supporting technologies to physicians. Its first client is Capital BlueCross of Harrisburg, Pa., which nearly a year ago committed to support electronic prescribing by 1,500 physicians across central Pennsylvania.