Support for websites and citizen portal helps empower 44 million
beneficiaries
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FAIRFAX, VA, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded CGI Federal Inc.
(CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc.
(NYSE: GIB ; TSX: GIB.A), a competitive, five-year contract worth
US$73.2 million to continue its
modernization, application management, and maintenance efforts on
three external websites that provide information to 44 million
beneficiaries and millions more healthcare providers and other
stakeholders.
The three websites - Medicare.gov, cms.hhs.gov, and
MyMedicare.gov - garner more than 500 million page views each year
and serve as CMS' online communication channels for beneficiaries
and providers and represent a critical component of the agency's
mission to provide quality care. Through this award-winning online
presence, CMS empowers beneficiaries to make informed decisions
about their health care coverage and conduct online transactions
with CMS. The sites also support the customer support specialists
who run the 1-800-Medicare help lines.
"CMS is at the forefront of the National Health Agenda. CGI is
proud to be chosen again to support their efforts which directly
impact so many citizens," said George
Schindler, President of CGI Federal. "We will continue to
bring both our healthcare knowledge and technical expertise to this
proven partnership as we help CMS achieve its vision to deliver a
transformed and modernized healthcare system."
CGI has been working with CMS to evolve the websites to better
meet the agency's mission of education, outreach and service, as
well as Open Government requirements for increased transparency,
participation, and collaboration. For example, the 'Hospital
Compare' and 'Nursing Home Compare' tools combine geographical data
from Google maps with healthcare provider quality-of-care
information to help users locate and assess healthcare facilities
near them.
"CMS is always focused on continuous improvement and innovative
ideas to improve services to its beneficiaries, which makes the
work very rewarding," said Cheryl
Campbell, Vice-President, CGI Federal. "If you watch
Secretary Sebelius' YouTube video announcing the re-designed
Medicare.gov site, you see that approach in action-from the way
beneficiary feedback was used to make the site easier to navigate
to the use of a YouTube video to announce the redesign."
About CGI Federal Inc.
CGI Federal Inc. (www.cgi.com/usfederal) is a wholly-owned U.S.
operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., dedicated to providing
effective IT solutions for federal government agencies by combining
over 30 years of government experience and technology skills.
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent
information technology and business process services firms in the
world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 26,000
professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process
services to clients worldwide from offices in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia
Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in
North America, Europe and India. As at March 31,
2010, CGI's order backlog was $11.4
billion. CGI shares are listed on the NYSE (GIB) and the TSX
(GIB.A) and are included in both, the Dow Jones Sustainability
World Index and the FTSE4Good Index. Website: www.cgi.com.
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