US Federal Government
The federal government's charge is like no other
From protecting public health to building and sustaining a mission critical workforce to ensuring retirement security for millions of Americans, agencies require a trusted partner to keep the federal government at the forefront of transformation. Mercer is that partner.
Mercer supports more than 30,000 clients globally across federal and state governments, inter-governmental organizations and all private sector industries. We solve big challenges for some of the largest organizations in the world: designing cost-effective healthcare and pharmacy programs that drive value-based care; rebuilding employer brand to attract and retain top talent; reskilling and upskilling workforces to fill critical talent gaps; and protecting Americans’ retirement income through prudent pension and investment risk management.
Multi-disciplinary expertise driving deeper insight and greater impact
Our 25,000+ professionals are the following and more:
- Clinical specialists
- Actuaries
- Pharmacists
- Policy experts
- CPAs, PhDs, MBAs
- Labor economists
- Industrial-organizational psychologists
- Statisticians
- Data scientists
- Compensation Consultants
- Certified Project Management Professionals (PMPs)
- HR transformation specialists
- Employee engagement experts
Mercer brought much-needed commercial healthcare experience to the table. Mercer innovations will result in improved readiness, quality, access and cost to the Department of Defense.
Our Federal Portfolio
Mercer Federal Leadership
Federal Healthcare
Mercer sponsored Federal News Network on-demand webinar:
Navigating the future of healthcare: Transformation, Measurement and Integration
Jason Miller, Executive Editor for Federal News Network and Charlotte Carito, Healthcare Transformation Advisor at Mercer, speak with three executives from the Defense Health Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Institutes of Health about these important topics.
Key topics covered:
- Status of health care in the last 3-5 years and the power of data
- What does transformation look like and how are we measuring it
- A deeper dive into metrics
Register to access the webinar and gain a wealth of information and insights.
Driving large scale health innovation across commercial and government industries
2,700+ US commercial healthcare clients
Over 30 US government healthcare clients
Over 95 million beneficiaries covered
More than $600 billion healthcare spend
Federal Workforce
Building a federal workforce for the future
1.5 million employees surveyed annually through employee engagement research
1,000+ surveys administered capturing employer-reported workforce data
More than 100 workforce DEIA projects completed in the last five years
Over 200 compensation consultants in-house
Retirement and Investment Security
Leading the way in defined benefit plan risk management
Over 900 defined benefit plans supported in the US
1.8 million defined benefit plan participants covered in the US
Over $12 trillion in assets under advisement
Over 300 credentialed actuaries in the US
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The power of Marsh McLennan
Mercer has the full breadth of our parent company, Marsh McLennan (MMC), behind us. Our MMC businesses include:
- Marsh: Insurance broking and risk management
- Guy Carpenter: Advanced risk, reinsurance and capital strategies
- Oliver Wyman: Business strategy, operations, risk management and transformation
Marsh McLennan’s proven methodologies in people, strategy and risk enhance public sector outcomes nationally and across the world.
Mercer is a contractor on the following contract vehicles:
GSA Multiple Award Schedule
- GSA professional services schedule (PSS)
- SIN 541611
- Schedule #47QRAA21D004A
Agency Procurement Vehicles
- Health Plan Innovation Support (Prime contractor): The HPIS contract supports design, implementation and innovation within TRICARE managed care support contracts and healthcare integration across Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs
- MACPAC Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (Prime contractor): The IDIQ encompasses environmental scans, gathering information from stakeholders, surveys and policy analysis
- VHA Integrated Healthcare Transformation (Sub-contractor): VHA’s IDIQ covers a variety of support services related to health system transformation, operations support and business enabling services
- Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning (Sub-contractor): The AVAIL contract supports Department of Veterans Affairs efforts to design, develop and test new healthcare solutions, models and technology.