EX-99.2

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350


In connection with the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of HMS Holdings
Corp. for the year ended December 31, 2002, I, Philip Rydzewski, Chief Financial
Officer of HMS Holdings Corp., hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to
the best of my knowledge and belief, that:


                                    (1) such Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                                    year ended December 31, 2002, fully complies
                                    with the requirements of section 13(a) or
                                    15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
                                    1934; and


                                    (2) the information contained in such Annual
                                    Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                                    December 31, 2002, fairly presents, in all
                                    material respects, the financial condition
                                    and results of operations of HMS Holdings
                                    Corp.




                              /S/ PHILIP RYDZEWSKI
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                              PHILIP RYDZEWSKI
                              Chief Financial Officer



March 20, 2003