Qualified Health Benefit Plan

Serco Awarded Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Contract Supporting Health Benefit Exchanges

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Herndon, Virginia, Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, engineering, and management services, announced today that the Company has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue supporting eligibility determinations for consumers purchasing health insurance through the Federal Health Insurance Exchanges.

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  • Herndon, Virginia, Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, engineering, and management services, announced today that the Company has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue supporting eligibility determinations for consumers purchasing health insurance through the Federal Health Insurance Exchanges.
  • Serco will assist qualified consumers to effectively and efficiently verify their eligibility for benefits.
  • Work for the Company under the contract includes continued development of the Eligibility Support platform involving the processing of a wide variety of consumer transactions.
  • “Since 2013, we have been supporting CMS to ensure that millions of consumers receive and maintain low cost, quality health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

Cognosante's Customer Experience Business Sector to Support CMS Enrollment Assistance Program for Medicaid Unwinding

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cognosante's customer experience (CX) business sector, CognoConnected, has been awarded the Enrollment Assistance Program (EAP) for Medicaid Unwinding contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 19-month contract has an approximate value of $21 million.

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  • FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cognosante's customer experience (CX) business sector, CognoConnected, has been awarded the Enrollment Assistance Program (EAP) for Medicaid Unwinding contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
  • Following the end of the PHE, states must conduct Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility redeterminations for beneficiaries.
  • According to CMS, Medicaid Unwinding presents the single largest health coverage transition since the first open enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
  • "The Cognosante team will bring to bear the full depth and breadth of our customer experience expertise to support CMS' mission of ensuring continuity of coverage for eligible consumers," said Anita Griner, General Manager of Cognosante's customer experience business sector.

American Institutes for Research to Manage Federal Survey on Health Insurance Marketplaces and Plans

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Arlington, Va., May 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will operate a national survey system that assesses consumers experiences with the Health Insurance Marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act, and the qualified health plans sold on them.

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  • Arlington, Va., May 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will operate a national survey system that assesses consumers experiences with the Health Insurance Marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act, and the qualified health plans sold on them.
  • We are excited for the opportunity to help CMS better understand peoples experiences with the marketplaces and the qualified health plans, said David Baker , senior vice president for health at AIR.
  • Under the Affordable Care Act, health plans that are certified by and made available through Health Insurance Marketplaces.
  • CMS uses the QHP Enrollee Survey System to assess enrollees experiences with health plans offered through the marketplaces.