David Mutryn, senior vice president of finance at Maximus, will succeed Richard Nadeau as chief financial officer of the Reston, Virginia-based government services provider on Dec. 1. “[Nadeau's] valued leadership and partnership in driving the long-term strategic direction of Maximus have been critical as we continue our journey of digital transformation, clinical evolution, and market expansion," said Bruce Caswell, president and CEO of Maximus and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient. 

Bruce Caswell, president and chief executive officer of Maximus, and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding how the company has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as enhancing workforce support, developing new technologies and supporting employment services. Additionally, Caswell discussed investments in new technologies, as well as where Maximus will head in 2021. 

Michael Garbus, former vice president of global health business development and solutions at Maximus, has been named VP of health care information technology at TurningPoint Global Solutions. He brings 35 years of industry experience to TurningPoint and will be responsible for the Rockville, Maryland-based software engineering company's federal health care IT market area.

Laura Klebanow, a senior manager at Maximus, wrote in a Nextgov guest piece published Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted government information technology modernization trends such as cloud migration and IT contracting in general.

Maximus has launched Maximus Public Health (MPH) to provide resources to help remediate COVID-19 and other public health threats for government agencies. To support the new division, Maximus has added five additional public health professionals to establish the MPH mission and structure. MPH will collaborate with academic partners, conduct research and expand partnerships with public health agencies.

Raj Parameswaran, president of Maximus’ federal information technology business, said that implementing cloud security approaches approved by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program will help agencies optimize operations while improving customer experience.

Maximus’ federal services business has been appraised at Maturity Level 5 under the CMMI Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration Version 2.0 framework.

Allison Patrick, senior vice president at Maximus’ federal arm, has said that while cybersecurity evolved in recent years, it must keep up with increasingly sophisticated threats such as microbreaches, ransomware and browser-based attacks.

Tom Romeo, general manager of Maximus’ federal services segment and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, wrote in a GCN article published Thursday there are three technology trends to watch in the federal government space this year and one is the adoption of new technologies to transform the way citizens apply and receive health care benefits.

Tom Romeo, general manager of federal business at Maximus and a two-time Wash100 award winner, wrote in a commentary published Friday on Federal News Network that robotic process automation is a key component of a digital toolkit that could help agencies manage repetitive tasks and allow their employees to focus on more complex activities.

Maximus has received a new award recognizing the firm’s Medicaid enrollment app designed for the state of Louisiana.

Andy Beamon, a vice president at Maximus, wrote in a GCN article published Wednesday that an intelligent virtual assistant serves as the intersection of human and artificial intelligence that could help agencies enhance citizen experience.

Maximus has received certification from a health care accreditation body to assess the credentials of physicians who support the firm's government clients. The National Committee for Quality Assurance granted the Credentials Verification Organization designation after the company underwent on-site assessments performed by a group of medical and credentialing professionals, Maximus said Monday.

Maximus’ customer contact center operations across in Georgia, Indiana, New York and Texas have received renewed certification from consultancy firm BenchmarkPortal as centers of excellence.

The Center for Plain Language has selected Maximus’ public health communication initiative for the 2019 ClearMark Awards to recognize the latter’s Spanish-language operation of the Virginia Medicaid Managed Care health insurance portal.