Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Awards Third Party Liability Contract to HMS

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HMS today announced that it had been awarded a contract to provide third party liability (TPL) and cost containment services to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). The contract has an eighteen month term and the DHMH has the option to renew for two additional one-year periods.

“We are honored to continue as a long-standing partner in Maryland’s cost containment initiatives. Deploying a robust suite of HMS services provides the DHMH with the tools they need to help them contain costs and increase operational efficiencies”

To support the DHMH’s TPL initiatives, HMS will provide data matches, cost avoidance and provider overpayment review services, as well as recovery services for the DHMH.

“We are honored to continue as a long-standing partner in Maryland’s cost containment initiatives. Deploying a robust suite of HMS services provides the DHMH with the tools they need to help them contain costs and increase operational efficiencies,” said Maria Perrin, HMS’s Executive Vice President of Government Services.

HMS has served the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for over 20 years, providing cost recovery and cost containment services that have resulted in over $200 million in recoveries and savings for the program.

About HMS (NASDAQ:HMSY)

HMS (NASDAQ: HMSY) is the nation’s leader in coordination of benefits and program integrity services for payors of healthcare services. HMS’s clients include health and human services programs in more than 40 states; commercial programs, including commercial plans, employers, and over 100 Medicaid managed care plans; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); and Veterans Administration facilities. As a result of the company’s services, clients recover over $1 billion annually, and save billions of dollars more in erroneous payments.