Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * LUCIA WILLIAM C	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HMS HOLDINGS CORP [ HMSY ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) Chairman, President and CEO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 5615 HIGH POINT DRIVE	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 7/12/2018
(Street) IRVING, TX 75038 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	3/13/2018		G (1)	V	54428.0000	D	$0.0000	181400.0000	D
Common Stock	7/12/2018		M (2)		71628.0000	A	$22.9500	253028.0000	D
Common Stock	7/12/2018		S (2)		69818.0000	D	$24.0500	183210.0000	D
Common Stock	3/13/2018		G (1)	V	54428.0000	A	$0.0000	579924.0000   (3)	I	By Lucia Family Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Nonqualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$22.9500	7/12/2018		M   (2)			71628.0000	(4)	9/30/2018	Common Stock	71628.0000	$0.0000	0.0000	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	The reported transactions involved a gift of securities by the reporting person to The William C. Lucia Family Trust, a revocable trust for which the reporting person is Trustee.
(2)	The transactions reported were executed pursuant to a trading plan (the "Plan") entered into by the reporting person on March 15, 2018, in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Plan provides for the exercise of an option to purchase shares of HMS common stock and subsequent sale of some of those shares in order to cover transaction-related expenses (including taxes, exercise price and fees). The option was granted in 2011 and has an expiration date of September 30, 2018.
(3)	These shares are indirectly owned by The William C Lucia Family Trust, a revocable trust for which the Reporting Person is Trustee. Taking into account shares owned both directly and indirectly by family trust, the Reporting Person beneficially owned an aggregate of 763,134 shares following the transactions reported on this Form 4.
(4)	50% of the option vested in three equal annual installments commencing on December 31, 2012. Vesting of the remaining 50% of the option was subject to the achievement of performance conditions which were not met; therefore, 50% of the option was canceled.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LUCIA WILLIAM C 5615 HIGH POINT DRIVE IRVING, TX 75038	X		Chairman, President and CEO

Signatures
Kimberly J. Day, as Attorney-in-Fact for William C. Lucia		7/13/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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