Accenture Named Lead Contractor For Troubled Obamacare Website
Washington: Global consulting firm Accenture has won a USD 45 million contract to run the problematic Obamacare health insurance enrollment website that crashed on its launch in October, a debacle that has cast a shadow over the presidency of Barack Obama.
Accenture has been chosen to replace CGI Federal to run the website HealthCare.Gov. Launched by the US government for millions of Americans shopping for health insurance, the White House and Accenutre said.
The website, a key part of US President Obama's sweeping healthcare law, crashed on its October 1 launch. The website's disastrous debut created a political crisis for Obama and the Democrats.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has awarded Accenture Federal Services a one-year contract to continue technical improvements to the Health Insurance Marketplace website HealthCare.Gov.
"We are honored to be part of the team of technology and healthcare companies and government professionals helping the federal government meet the healthcare coverage needs of its citizens," David Moskovitz, Chief Executive, Accenture Federal Services said.
"Accenture will bring deep healthcare industry insight as well as proven experience building large-scale, public- facing websites to continue improving HealthCare.Gov."
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