Performant Financial Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides technology-enabled recovery and related analytics services in the United States. The company's services help identify and recover delinquent or defaulted assets and improper payments for government and private clients. It offers collections and default management services for various forms of delinquent debt for the U.S. Department of Education, state and national guarantors of student loans, and defaulted debts owed to the federal and state governments. The company also provides services to the Federal Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, where the company audits and recovers improper payments made by Medicare for medical claims submitted by healthcare providers. In addition, it offers risk management services that enable financial institutions to manage private student loan portfolios to mitigate the incidence of nonperforming loan assets. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Livermore, California.