NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – December 19, 2006 – The TriZetto Group Inc. (Nasdaq: TZIX) announced today that the company's Provider POS Direct software was recognized as "Best Consumer-Friendly Technology for Improvement of Transaction Processing" at Consumer Health World's multi-conference event. The solution was also recognized as "Best in Show" across all 34 award categories, chosen over entries from multiple product and service companies, non-profit organizations, foundations, government agencies, hospitals, and academic entities. TriZetto's patent-pending Provider POS Direct enables health plans to provide exact real-time eligibility, benefit and financial responsibility information to providers who care for their members. It also provides the option of real-time financial settlement among the patient, provider and health plan before the patient leaves the provider's office.

"These awards underscore the unique value delivered by TriZetto's Provider POS Direct, which arms providers, consumers, and payers with the real-time, point-of-service information transparency and transaction processing capabilities that are required for doing business in the new world of consumer retail healthcare," said Dan Spirek, chief solutions officer for TriZetto. "Provider POS Direct is the first commercially available solution that provides real-time access to the exact benefit and payment information in the health-plan administrative system that ultimately pays the claims."

Provider POS Direct allows health plans to transform the way they do business in order to satisfy the needs of consumers and other constituents given the emerging consumer retail healthcare model. The solution provides accurate real-time information at the point of care, delivering tremendous value to both consumers and providers. Settling the patient's financial responsibility in real-time provides cost transparency and increased satisfaction to members and improved cash flow for providers, while significantly reducing administrative costs for providers and health plans alike.

The Consumer Health World event, December 11 - 13, featured six concurrent national conferences, including the Consumer Directed Healthcare Conference. The event provides healthcare and financial service industry executives with comprehensive analysis and plausible solutions to the impact of growing consumerism in the healthcare marketplace. This year's Consumer Health World awards were judged by a 20-member panel representing a cross section of the healthcare and financial service industries.

About TriZetto

Touching more than 35% of the U.S. insured population, TriZetto is distinctly focused on accelerating the ability of healthcare payers to lead the industry's transformation. The company provides premier information technology solutions that enhance its customers' revenue growth, drive their administrative efficiency, and improve the cost and quality of care for their members. Healthcare payers include national and regional health insurance plans, and benefits administrators that provide transaction services to self-insured employer groups. The company's broad array of payer-focused information technology offerings include enterprise and component software, hosting and business process outsourcing services, and consulting. Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., TriZetto can be reached at 949-719-2200 or at www.trizetto.com.

Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may include statements about future revenue, profits, cash flows and financial results, the market for TriZetto's services, future service offerings, industry trends, client and partner relationships, TriZetto's operational capabilities, future financial structure, uses of cash or proposed transactions. Actual results may differ materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, including the effectiveness of TriZetto's implementation of its business plan, the market's acceptance of TriZetto's new and existing products and services, the timing of new bookings, risks associated with management of growth, reliance on third parties to supply key components of TriZetto's services, attraction and retention of employees, variability of quarterly operating results, competitive factors, risks associated with acquisitions, changes in demand for third party products or solutions which form the basis of TriZetto's service and product offerings, financial stability of our customers, the ability of TriZetto to meet its contractual obligations to customers, including service level and disaster recovery commitments, changes in government laws and regulations and risks associated with rapidly changing technology, as well as the other risks identified in TriZetto's SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained by contacting TriZetto's Investor Relations department at 949-719-2225 or at TriZetto's web site at www.trizetto.com. All information in this release is as of December 19, 2006. TriZetto undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company's expectations

CONTACTS:

Investor Contact:
Brad Samson
949-719-2220
brad.samson@trizetto.com

Media Contact:
Audrey McDill
303-495-7197
audrey.mcdill@trizetto.com