Maximus awarded OPM contract for new Postal Service Health Benefits Program

We have been awarded a $20 million contract from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to serve as the Contact Center Services Provider for the agency’s new Postal Service Health Benefits Program. This program will provide health insurance to eligible Postal Service employees, annuitants, and their eligible family members starting in 2025.

Maximus will be leading the customer support effort to answer calls and emails for OPM’s new, enhanced customer service platform dedicated to assisting eligible individuals access health insurance benefits. Maximus will leverage offerings from its Total Experience Management (TXM) solution, including state-of-the-art telephony, customer relationship management, and call quality reporting tools to provide best-in-class customer service.

“The Postal Service Health Benefits Program is an invaluable benefit for the U.S. Postal Service workforce, and Maximus is uniquely positioned to develop this new contact center and Customer Experience (CX) approach based on more than 30 years of experience working with OPM,” said Larry Reagan, Senior Managing Director, Federal Civilian Market, Maximus. “Our senior team has vast experience standing up new customer service programs at scale for federal agencies to deliver a range of services, including disaster recovery, education, and health benefit services.”

The Postal Service Health Benefits Program is a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, administered by OPM and will replace FEHB coverage for eligible groups. The implementation and modernization of public-facing programs have long been a specialty for Maximus, including work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Maximus recently launched TXM as a cloud-based modular, flexible, and scalable technology for federal agency leaders based on its extensive experience with mission-critical programs at scale. The full solution integrates platforms for communications, customer and employee-centric strategies, and a host of microservices, such as AI-enabled web services, chat-bots, and the Maximus Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA).

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