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HMS Holdings Corp. (''Healthcare Management Systems'') was founded in 1974 and is based in
Irving, Texas Irving is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in Dallas County, it is also an inner ring suburb of Dallas. The city of Irving is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. According to a 2019 estimate from the United States Census Bureau, ...
. The company was formerly listed on
Nasdaq The Nasdaq Stock Market () (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Stock Market) is an American stock exchange based in New York City. It is the most active stock trading venue in the US by volume, and ranked second ...
but acquired by private-equity firm Veritas Capital in 2021.


Products and services

The company's services include providing validated insurance and helping find liable third parties. Their program integrity services identify improper payments and over-payments and attempt recovery, as well as reduce fraud and waste. In addition, the company also supports Medicaid Managed Care Organizations and Medicare Advantage Plans.


Operations

In April 2017, HMS Holdings acquired the Eliza Corporation, a privately held health engagement management and member analytics firm providing comprehensive and personalized member-centric outreach and engagement solutions, for a cash purchase price of $170 million. In December 2012, HMS Holdings acquired the assets and liabilities of MedRecovery Management, LLC (MRM), for about $11.8 million, with $10.8 million initial cash payment and $1.0 million in future contingent payments. In 2006, the Company announced to acquire the assets of PCG's Benefits Solutions Practice Area (BSPA) for $80 million in cash, shares of Holdings common stock and a contingent cash payment of up to $15 million.


Awards

In February 2014, HMS Holdings’ Chief Security Officer, Scott Pettigrew, won the CSO Compass Awards from CSO magazine. Pettigrew has been working in Security for about twenty years and has spent the last four years at HMS. He led the company’s first risk-based security program in 2010.
In 2012 and 2013, HMS Holdings was included in the InformationWeek 500.
In 2013, HMS Holdings was included on Modern Healthcare magazine's "Healthcare’s Hottest" list as one of the 40 fastest growing companies in healthcare.


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American companies established in 1974 Business services companies of the United States Business services companies established in 1974 Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq 1974 establishments in Texas 2021 mergers and acquisitions Companies based in Irving, Texas Private equity portfolio companies