EXHIBIT 99.1

           PRG-SCHULTZ AWARDED THREE YEAR RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACT FOR
                          STATE OF CALIFORNIA MEDICARE

CMS Launches Pilot Program for Recovery  Auditing;  Adopts Fortune 500 Corporate
Best Practice to Identify and Recover Overpayments

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005--PRG-Schultz International,  Inc. (PRG)
(Nasdaq:  PRGX), the world's largest  recovery audit firm,  announced today that
the Centers for  Medicare & Medicaid  Services  (CMS),  the federal  agency that
administers the Medicare program,  has awarded the company a contract to provide
recovery  audit  services  for the  State  of  California's  Medicare  spending.
California spends over $23 billion on Medicare disbursements annually. The three
year  contract was  effective on March 28, 2005.  To fully  address the range of
payment recovery opportunities,  PRG has sub-contracted with Concentra Preferred
Systems,  the nation's largest provider of specialized cost containment services
for the  healthcare  industry,  which will add its clinical  experience to PRG's
expertise in recovery audit services.

The  contract  was  awarded  as  part  of a  pilot  program  by CMS  to  recover
overpayments on behalf of taxpayers through the use of recovery auditing.

The  Administration has made the elimination of improper payments a focus of the
President's  Management  Agenda.  A January  25,  2005  report by the  Office of
Management and Budget, Improving the Accuracy and Integrity of Federal Payments,
identified $21.7 billion in annual improper Medicare  payments,  48.1 percent of
the $45.1 billion reported for all Federal programs.

Medicare is the second largest  Federal benefit program and represents over $250
billion in annual  benefit  outlays.  Combined with  Medicaid,  the two programs
constitute the largest single  purchaser of healthcare in the world and 33 cents
of every dollar of  healthcare  spent in the United  States.  A provision in the
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA, P.L.
108-173) required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a
demonstration  project to evaluate  the use of  recovery  audit  contractors  in
identifying Medicare  underpayments and overpayments and to recoup overpayments.
The section  allows HHS to pay the recovery  audit  contractors on a contingency
basis.

"In view of the  documented  rate of payment  errors in  Medicare  spending,  we
believe that Medicare is the largest single  recovery  audit  opportunity in the
history of PRG. We are  confident  that CMS will see  positive  results from its
pilot program," said John Cook, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PRG.

Mr. Cook added,  "This contract award  solidifies  PRG's presence in the growing
healthcare  recovery  audit  sector and  expands the work we do with the Federal
Government.  We have been  working  with our  partners in many Federal and State
agencies  on  a  broad  range  of  recovery  audit  and  transaction   assurance
initiatives  to reduce  overpayments.  The award of the Medicare  contract  will
further allow us to assist the Government in  controlling  this spending for the
benefit of the  American  taxpayer.  CMS has been  working  hard to identify and
remediate  overpayments and we are pleased to see that CMS is embracing a proven
practice used by most of the Fortune 500 and an increasing  number of government
entities. Today's contract award positions PRG for further participation in this
major initiative."



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About PRG-Schultz International, Inc.

Headquartered in Atlanta,  PRG-Schultz International,  Inc. (PRG) is the world's
leading profit  improvement  firm. PRG employs  approximately  2,800  employees,
providing  clients in over 40 countries  with  insightful  value to optimize and
expertly  manage their business  transactions.  Using  proprietary  software and
expert audit methodologies, PRG industry specialists review client purchases and
payment information to identify and recover overpayments.

Forward Looking Statements

Statements  made in this news  release  that  look  forward  in time,  including
statements  regarding  the  anticipated  success of the CMS pilot  program,  the
extension  of the  program or the  company's  further  participation  in the CMS
initiative,  involve risks and uncertainties and are forward-looking  statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
risks and  uncertainties  include the  following:  we will be required to expend
substantial  resources  to prepare for and perform the CMS audit and there is no
guaranty that actual revenues will justify the required expenditures;  until the
CMS pilot program is well underway,  there will be no way to accurately  predict
the level of recoveries that will be achieved, and there is no guaranty that the
level of  recoveries  will be  significant;  even if CMS deems the pilot program
sufficiently  successful to justify further ventures,  there is no guaranty that
it, or any other  medical  claims  client,  will award  future  contracts to the
company.  For additional risk factors concerning the company's business,  please
refer to our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Form 10-K
as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on March 16, 2005.  The
company   disclaims   any   obligation   or  duty  to  update  or  modify  these
forward-looking statements.

CONTACT: PRG-Schultz International, Inc., Atlanta
James E. Moylan, Jr., 770/779-6605

SOURCE: PRG-Schultz International, Inc.




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