April 29, 2014

Accenture Federal Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Finalize Agreement

ARLINGTON, Va.; April 29, 2014 – Accenture Federal Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have finalized a definitive one-year agreement to enhance the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) and support the 2015 enrollment period.

Accenture Federal Services announced on January 11, 2014 that CMS had awarded a letter contract to the company for the initial phase of work on the FFM and developing a transition plan to define the work required in enhancing the back-end capabilities to improve issuer payments and plan management including deploying new features to support the 2015 annual enrollment for citizens. Accenture Federal Services and CMS now have defined the work contemplated under the letter contract at a value $121M. The finalized definitive agreement will end on January 10, 2015.

Under the terms of the contract, Accenture Federal Services and CMS will continue to evaluate and assess additional opportunities to deliver further improvements to the customer experience.

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