MAXIMUS Awarded Task Orders Totaling $39.2 Million for Medicare Part D Nationwide Appeals.

RESTON, Va. -- MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS), a leading provider of government services, announced today that it has been awarded two task orders totaling $39.2 million over three years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to perform appeals for the Medicare prescription drug coverage program.

The Medicare prescription drug coverage appeals work is the second award made to MAXIMUS under the newly instituted "Qualified Independent Contractor" (QIC) program. Under these two task orders which cover the Eastern and Western United States, MAXIMUS will conduct reconsiderations for enrollees who appeal a prescription drug plan's decision related to drug coverage. Under the QIC contract, the Company also performs appeals of traditional Medicare fee-for-service claim denials, covering all Fiscal Intermediary (Medicare Part A) denials for the Eastern half of the United States.

Lynn Davenport, Chief Executive Officer for MAXIMUS, stated, "MAXIMUS continues to expand its partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in support of their long-term initiatives, while at the same time increasing the Company's footprint in the Federal health market."

In addition to these recent awards, MAXIMUS also conducts standard and expedited reconsiderations under the Medicare Advantage program and serves as the reconsideration contractor for the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program, and operates the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Federal Employee Health Benefits appeal project, as well as 30 State appeal programs.

MAXIMUS is one of America's leading government services companies devoted to providing program management, consulting and information technology services. The Company has more than 5,100 employees located in more than 280 offices in the United States, Canada and Australia. In 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 MAXIMUS was selected by Forbes Magazine as one of the Best 200 Small Companies in America for that year. MAXIMUS was selected by Business Week Magazine as one of the 100 Best Hot Growth Small Companies in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Additionally, MAXIMUS is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

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