Livermore, California-based Performant Financial Corporation, a leading provider of technology-enabled audit, recovery, and analytics services, has emerged as a key player in the US market. Identifying improper payments stemming from a host of issues including incorrect coding, incomplete documentation, and outdated fee schedules, the company offers first party call center and other outsourced services. Its Performant Insight service incorporates post- and pre-payment audit of healthcare claims, detection of fraud, waste, and abuse of healthcare claims, coordination of benefits, and pharmacy fraud detection services. The company caters to both government and commercial markets. Founded in 1976 as DCS Holdings, Inc., it changed its name to Performant Financial Corporation in 2005.