NEW YORK, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The County of Los Angeles, Calif. has agreed to extend its current contract with Health Management Systems, Inc. to maintain county public health and managed care information systems. Under the contract -- which runs for a two-year term with two, optional, one-year extensions -- HMS will continue to provide proprietary software solutions and data management services to the county's Office of Managed Care.
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The OMC operates Community Health Plan, a federally qualified health maintenance organization that provides low- or no-cost services through California state healthcare programs, including the California Medicaid program (Medi-Cal), to more than 160,000 members. The OMC is part of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, which oversees environmental, community, and family health for nearly 10 million residents.
With the extensions, the contract has a total value of more than $10 million.
HMS, a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp. , helps government healthcare programs contain costs through coordination of benefits and other services. HMS Holdings Corp. has served Los Angeles County for more than 20 years.
"Over the years, HMS Holdings has teamed successfully with Los Angeles County in the effort to manage healthcare costs wisely, and we are honored to be chosen once again for this mission," said HMS Holdings President & Chief Operating Officer William Lucia. "We are continuing to leverage our expertise to help government-sponsored healthcare plans and healthcare agencies meet new fiscal challenges."
Health Management Systems, Inc. is a national leader in revenue recovery and cost containment for government healthcare programs. HMS has recovered more than $3 billion from third parties and other funding sources on behalf of its clients, and today has active contracts in 25 states. HMS, a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp. (listed on NASDAQ under the symbol HMSY), is headquartered in New York and operates offices nationwide.
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