HMS, Inc., (“HMS”) a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY), today announced that the Company won a competitive bid by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) to provide coordination of benefits solutions for the State’s Medicaid population. The contract scope includes other health insurance identification, overpayment recovery, and casualty and estate recovery services. The State has added Special Needs Trusts recovery services and credit balance self-disclosure services to the scope of HMS’s prior contract with DMA. The initial two-year contract runs through November 2016 and includes an optional one-year extension period.

“HMS and DMA have enjoyed a long and valuable partnership over the past 10 years,” said Jeff Mullins, HMS Senior Vice President of State Government Solutions. “We look forward to continuing to help North Carolina address the challenges of administering the Medicaid program in the post-reform era, including preserving Medicaid funds by identifying and recovering Medicaid claims paid in error."

Under HMS’s prior contract with DMA for Third Party Liability recovery services, the state received approximately $420 million in cash recoveries and an additional $1.2 billion in savings over five years. In just the first five months of State Fiscal Year 2015 (beginning July 1, 2014), HMS’s work for the State resulted in over $170 million in recoveries and savings.

About HMS Holdings Corp.

HMS Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, is the nation's leader in coordination of benefits and program integrity services for healthcare payers. HMS's clients include health and human services programs in more than 45 states; commercial payers, including group health plans, Medicare Advantage Plans, more than 160 Medicaid managed care plans, and employers; the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and Veterans Administration facilities. As a result of the company's services, clients received billions of dollars in cash recoveries in 2014, and saved billions more through the prevention of erroneous payments.