HMS Holdings, a provider of benefits and program integrity services for healthcare payers, has appointed Gene DeFelice as general counsel and corporate secretary. As a member of the executive team, DeFelice will report to President and Chief Executive Officer William Lucia.

DeFelice brings over 30 years of legal experience to the role, over 20 years of which was spent in healthcare and technology. Most recently, he was general counsel and corporate secretary for Barnes & Noble.

Prior to that, he served as the general counsel and corporate secretary of several healthcare and technology companies. DeFelice also held leadership roles in sales and marketing, as well as in general management in a medical data business division of a public company.