Form 8-K
 
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 14, 2010

HMS Holdings Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
New York   000-50194   11-3656261
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
401 Park Avenue South, New York, New York
  10016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 725-7965

 
Not applicable.
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Section 8 — Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events
Health Management Systems, Inc. (HMS) has entered into a subcontractor agreement with ACS State Healthcare, LLC (“ACS”) of Fairfax, Virginia to provide certain coordination of benefit services to ACS in support of the Florida Medicaid Third Party Liability Program. The term of this contract is through October 31, 2013 and may be extended for up to three one-year periods.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”). Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of HMSY, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to (i) the information being of a preliminary nature and therefore subject to further adjustment; (ii) the uncertainties of litigation; (iii) HMSY’s dependence on significant customers; (iv) changing conditions in the healthcare industry which could simplify the reimbursement process and adversely affect HMSY’s business; (v) government regulatory and political pressures which could reduce the rate of growth of healthcare expenditures and/or discourage the assertion of claims for reimbursement against and delay the ultimate receipt of payment from third party payors; (vi) competitive actions by other companies, including the development by competitors of new or superior services or products or the entry into the market of new competitors; (vii) all the risks inherent in the development, introduction, and implementation of new products and services; and (viii) other risk factors described from time to time in HMSY’s filings with the SEC, including HMSY’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. HMSY assumes no responsibility to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. When/if used, the words “ focus,” “ believe, ” “ confident, ” “ anticipate, ” “ expected, ” “ strong, ” “ potential, ” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, and the above described risks inherent therein.http://www.hms.com/investor_relations/investors_sec_filings.asp. We do not undertake any duty to update the information in this Form 8-K except as otherwise required by law.

 

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 14, 2010
         
  HMS HOLDINGS CORP.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Walter D. Hosp    
    Walter D. Hosp   
    Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)   
 

 

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