EXHIBIT 99.a


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                         CONTACT:  RICHARD A. EVANS
                                                        CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                                        (918) 496-2451


              CIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ENTERS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
                  TO PURCHASE HOSPITAL COST CONSULTANTS, INC.


Tulsa, Oklahoma (May 12, 1995) -- CIS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:CISI) today
announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement, which is subject to
the satisfaction of various conditions, to acquire 100% of the stock of
Pleasanton, CA-based Hospital Cost Consultants, Inc. ("HCC"), a second-tier
subsidiary of First Financial Management Corporation (NYSE:FFM) ("FFMC"), for
cash consideration of $10 million.  In addition, CIS will guarantee a $5 million
short-term note from HCC to FFMC and will assume certain contingent obligations
of FFMC to the former shareholders of HCC.  HCC reported revenues of
approximately $8 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 1994.

     Philip D. Kurtz, chairman and chief executive officer of CIS Technologies,
said, "This transaction represents a good strategic fit for CIS. We expect HCC
to have a positive impact on our revenues and earnings in 1995 and beyond. The
managed care products of HCC are a major component in servicing the emerging
healthcare integrated delivery system market. These products complement and
interface with CIS's products now serving this market. Both companies have a
substantial client base which should lead to new sales of each company's
products. Additionally, HCC's management team is strong and capable."

     According to HCC president, Mark Emkjer, "Through this combination, our
company will be positioned to capitalize on the potential created by combining
CIS's core business with our suite of managed care, data management and hospital
cost products."

     HCC currently offers three primary products to the provider marketplace,
all of which are based upon supporting managed care contracting: "Distinction",
a managed care contract modeling and management product; "Domain", a decision
support product; and "Dividend", a hospital cost accounting product. A fourth
product, a managed care

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capitation product, is scheduled for release in late 1995.  HCC currently has 80
contracts representing 100 hospitals throughout the United States.  In addition,
HCC has 75 hospital clients in international marketplaces, 60 though
distributorships in England, 12 in Australia, 1 in New Zealand, and 2 in Canada.

     Mr. James L. Hersma, president and chief operating officer of CIS
Technologies, said, "With the acquisition of HCC, our company will have direct
access to the expanding managed care marketplace. Managed care and
computerization of managed care contracts represent a rapidly expanding market.
This acquisition represents the latest step in the execution of our growth
strategy to provide comprehensive services to the healthcare industry."

     CIS Technologies, Inc., a full-service healthcare reimbursement and
business office management company, is a leading source of technology-based
products and services that enable healthcare organizations to realize their full
financial potential. Through proven methods to enhance business office
efficiency, creative financing alternatives, state-of-the-art clinical practice
management systems, and EDI tools to reduce paperwork and administrative costs,
all participants in a healthcare delivery system realize benefits. Currently,
CIS products and services are delivering value to over 220 third-party payers
and 900 healthcare organizations in 38 states.

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