HMS Selects Pervasive DataMatcher to Enhance and Speed Medicaid Membership Record Matching

Pervasive Software® Inc. (NASDAQ: PVSW), an emerging leader in enabling next-generation data-intensive applications and data analytics, announced that HMS (NASDAQ:HMSY) has chosen Pervasive DataMatcher™ to help the State of New Jersey effectively manage and responsibly fund healthcare (see also Pervasive Software Inc.).

Built on the lightning-fast Pervasive DataRush™ engine, Pervasive DataMatcher will augment HMS's existing inventory of data matching algorithms and methodologies to expedite analysis of New Jersey's Medicaid membership files against private insurer records, improving processing accuracy and speeding membership analysis. "HMS selected the Pervasive DataRush-powered solution for its processing speed and rich functionality," said Kevin Lee, HMS Regional Vice President of Government Services. "Additionally, Pervasive DataMatcher's fuzzy matching and record scoring functions will augment our existing match processes."

Already a user of Pervasive data integration and profiling technologies, HMS was eager to leverage the power of Pervasive DataRush. "HMS has been using Pervasive Data Integrator™ and Pervasive Data Profiler™ for years and finds these tools to be highly productive. Pervasive Data Integrator helps us transform data and perform other extract transform and load functions, while Pervasive Data Profiler helps us to manage and enhance the quality of our inbound and outbound data sets," Lee said. "We look forward to exploring the full capabilities of the platform and to our anticipated ability to use it to generate innovative and valuable solutions for our internal and external clients."

HMS plans to apply Pervasive DataMatcher in the future to identify claims sent to New Jersey Medicaid that should instead by processed by private insurers. "Our state clients, including New Jersey, are facing unprecedented fiscal challenges. Applying leading-edge technology to help them properly manage and responsibly fund health care is central to our core innovation value," Lee said. "The State of New Jersey is one of our largest and most innovative clients, and we are excited about the opportunity to continue to put innovative technology to work for them."