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DALLAS, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced it has signed a five-year, $48 million contract renewal with the Wyoming Department of Health to provide fiscal agent services for the state's Medicaid and Dental program.

This contract, which continues fiscal agent services for the operation of Wyoming's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) through June 2013, further extends ACS' 15-year relationship with the state and is the third consecutive award for ACS in Wyoming.

"ACS has proven to be very competent and professional in assisting the state with providing a user-friendly, data-driven and cost-effective Medicaid program," said Teri Green, State Medicaid Agent for Wyoming. "We are pleased to be able to continue this relationship to promote an efficient process for the State, and simplicity for our providers."

As part of the new contract, ACS will add a call center to address provider questions from the dental community as well as work with the Dental program on client outreach initiatives.

"This long-term relationship with Wyoming demonstrates the state's confidence in ACS' ability to bring innovation and industry best practices to their Medicaid program," said Christopher Deelsnyder, senior vice president and managing director, ACS Government Healthcare Solutions. "For 15 years, we have successfully delivered customer-focused healthcare solutions to the entire Wyoming Medicaid community, and we look forward to continuing to do so in the future."

In addition to regular fiscal agent operations, ACS also administers Provider Relations, Medical Policy, all Third-Party Liability functions, Medicare buy-in, and estate recovery, as well as a transportation call center that processes funds for administrative and emergency travel services for Medicaid clients.

Joe Doherty, executive vice president and group president of ACS' Government Solutions Group said, "This agreement adds to the innovation that ACS provides to the State of Wyoming. We're also a key partner with the Department of Family Services on the Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS) project, designed to improve the state's eligibility system and the lives of those who rely on it each day. ACS is honored to work with the state on such important initiatives."

About ACS

ACS is a national leader in state healthcare program administration, offering a full spectrum of systems and complementary services through an integrated solution, from care management solutions and child health programs to pharmacy benefits management and traditional Medicaid fiscal agent services. ACS supports more than 23 million program recipients and processes nearly 550 million Medicaid healthcare claims annually, representing close to $50 billion in provider payments. As the nation's largest government program pharmacy benefits administrator, ACS serves 28 states, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Labor with drug expenditures totaling more than $13 billion.

ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 63,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at http://www.acs-inc.com.

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