Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Haughton Jeffrey
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/04/2015		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Performant Financial Corp [PFMT]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
333 NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

LIVERMORE, CA 94551		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 6,125
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Options (right to buy)   (1) 07/15/2024 Common Stock 100,000 $ 10.55 D  
Restricted Stock Units   (2) 07/15/2024 Common Stock 30,000 $ 0 D  
Employee Stock Options (right to buy)   (3) 03/17/2025 Common Stock 100,000 $ 3.57 D  
Restricted Stock Units   (4) 03/17/2025 Common Stock 75,000 $ 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Haughton Jeffrey
333 NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY
LIVERMORE, CA 94551		       Executive Vice President  

Signatures

/s/ Hakan Orvell 08/21/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The Stock Option Award was granted on 7/15/2014. The option grant will vest over a four-year period. 27,083 options have become vested and exercisable as of 8/15/2015. The remaining options will become vested and exercisable in monthly installments until 7/25/2018.
(2) Restricted Stock Unit award was granted on 7/15/2014. 10,000 Restricted Stock Units were previously exercised with 3,875 shares of common stock surrendered to pay tax liability due on vesting of the Restricted Stock Units. The remaining 30,000 units will vest and become exercisable in 10,000 unit increments on each of 7/15/2016, 7/15/2017, and 7/15/2018.
(3) The Stock Option Award was granted on 3/17/2015. The option grant will vest over a four-year period. Currently, none of the options are exercisable and all of the options are outstanding. 25,000 options will vest and become exercisable on 3/17/2016. The remaining options will vest and become exercisable on a monthly basis from 4/17/2016 until 7/25/2019.
(4) Restricted Stock Unit award was granted on 3/17/2015. Currently, none of the Restricted Stock Units have vested and all of the Restricted Stock Units are outstanding. 37,500 units will vest and become exercisable on 3/05/2016, 18,750 units will vest and become exercisable on 3/05/2017 and the remaining 18,750 units will vest and become exercisable on 3/05/2018.

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