Thomson Reuters Chosen to Provide Analytic Services to Help Kentucky Uncover Medicaid Fraud and Waste

Thomson Reuters will provide these services as a subcontractor to Health Care Excel -- a healthcare utilization management and quality improvement organization. Health Care Excel is providing Surveillance and Utilization Review Services (SURS) to the Kentucky Medicaid program.

The contract was awarded following a competitive procurement process. It will extend for 27 months if all options are exercised.

All states are required to ensure proper and efficient administration of their Medicaid program through SURS. This includes the analysis of medical claims and healthcare delivery patterns to identify unusual billing practices -- such as inconsistent, excessive, duplicative, or otherwise suspicious claims.

"We are pleased to be working with Health Care Excel to provide the Commonwealth ofKentucky with enhanced intelligence in how to detect and prevent Medicaid fraud and abuse," said Jon Newpol, Thomson Reuters executive vice president. "This is an important effort by the Commonwealth to ensure tax dollars are spent wisely, and we are proud to be part if it."

Twelve states use Thomson Reuters' capabilities for fraud detection. Thomson Reuters also provides fraud detection services for a variety of Medicare and Medicaid programs nationally.

About Thomson Reuters

The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters produces insights, information, benchmarks and analysis that enable organizations to manage costs, improve performance and enhance the quality of healthcare. Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters inNew York and major operations inLondon andEagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI); Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI); London Stock Exchange (LSE: TRIL); and Nasdaq (Nasdaq: TRIN). For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com .

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