Centene Corporation is in the industry of Medicaid

Medicaid

Medicaid is the United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments, and is managed by the states. People served by Medicaid are U.S. citizens or legal permanent...

 managed care.

Centene is a multi-line health care enterprise operating primarily in two segments: Medicaid

Medicaid

Medicaid is the United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments, and is managed by the states. People served by Medicaid are U.S. citizens or legal permanent...

 managed care and specialty services. The government services Medicaid managed care segment provides Medicaid and Medicaid-related health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program

State Children's Health Insurance Program

The State Children's Health Insurance Program – later known more simply as the Children's Health Insurance Program – is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children...

 (SCHIP), and Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income is a United States government program that provides stipends to low-income people who are either aged , blind, or disabled. Although administered by the Social Security Administration, SSI is funded from the U.S. Treasury general funds, not the Social Security trust fund...

 (SSI).

The company operates health plans in Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

, Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

, South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, and Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

 (Kentucky Spirit Health Plan). Centene also provides specialty services, including behavioral health plans, life and health management, long-term care programs, managed vision, nurse triage, pharmacy benefits management

Pharmacy Benefit Management

In the United States, a Pharmacy Benefit Manager is a third party administrator of prescription drug programs. They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims. They also are responsible for developing and maintaining the formulary, contracting with pharmacies,...

 and treatment compliance, to its own subsidiaries on market-based terms as well as to state programs, commercial organizations, and other health care organizations.

Centene's health plans and care coordination programs are designed specifically for the Medicaid population.

The company is headquartered in the St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

, suburb of Clayton. In 2006, it announced plans to relocate to Downtown St. Louis

Downtown St. Louis

Downtown St. Louis is the central business district of St. Louis, Missouri, the hub of tourism and entertainment, and the anchor of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The downtown is bounded by Cole Street to the north, the river front to the east, Chouteau Avenue to the south, and Jefferson Avenue...

 to the site of the former Busch Memorial Stadium

Busch Memorial Stadium

Busch Memorial Stadium, also known as Busch Stadium, was a multi-purpose sports facility in St. Louis, Missouri that operated from 1966 to 2005....

 to be part of the St. Louis Ballpark Village

St. Louis Ballpark Village

St. Louis Ballpark Village is a planned $650 million development in downtown St. Louis, Missouri that will occupy the site of the previous Busch Stadium...

 owned by the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

, but in March of 2008, Centene backed out of the project. In 2009, Centene began construction on a new headquarters located next to its current offices in Clayton. The site includes a tower with 520000 square feet (48,309.6 m²) of office space.
Centene also operates claims processing centers in Great Falls, Montana

Great Falls, Montana

Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 58,505 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County...

 and Farmington, Missouri

Farmington, Missouri

Farmington is a city in St. Francois County located south of St. Louis in the Lead Belt region in Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 16,240. It is the county seat of St. Francois County. The Farmington Micropolitan Statistical Area embraces St...

.

Members of the Board of Directors are:

MICHAEL F. NEIDORFF
Chairman, President and CEO,
Centene Corporation

STEVE BARTLETT
President and CEO,
The Financial Services Roundtable

ROBERT K. DITMORE
Former President and COO,
UnitedHealthcare Corporation

FREDERICK H. EPPINGER
President and CEO,
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

DICK GEPHARDT
Chief Executive Officer of Gephardt and Associates
Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives

PAMELA A. JOSEPH
Vice Chairman,
U.S. bancorp

JOHN R. ROBERTS
Retired Regional Managing Partner,
Arthur Andersen, LLP

DAVID STEWARD
Chairman of the Board,
World Wide Technology, Inc.

TOMMY THOMPSON
Former Health & Human Services Secretary &
Former Governor of Wisconsin

Centene's population demographics

	TANF	SCHIP	SSI
Average Age of Population	14	School-Aged Children	People with Disabilities
% of Children	74%	95%	20%
Provider Networks	Specialized, Inner City	Broad, Primary Care, Pediatrics	Specialists
High Cost/Utilization Areas	Premature Birth, Asthma	Prescription Drugs	Disabilities, AIDS, Chronic Diseases, Mental Illness
Selling Expense	Low	Low	Low

Health plans

• Buckeye Community Health Plan-Ohio
• CeltiCare - a managed care organization that provides health insurance to Massachusetts residents enrolled in the Commonwealth Care
  Massachusetts health care reform
  The Massachusetts health care insurance reform law, enacted in 2006, mandates that nearly every resident of Massachusetts obtain a state-government-regulated minimum level of healthcare insurance coverage and provides free health care insurance for residents earning less than 150% of the federal...
  
   Program
• Managed Health Services-Indiana
• Managed Health Services-Wisconsin
• Peach State Health Plan-Georgia
• Sunshine State Health Plan-Florida
• Superior Health Plan-Texas
• Absolute Total Care-South Carolina
• Magnolia Health Plan-Mississippi
• IlliniCare Health Plan-Illinois (Operations Expected to Commence in 2011)

Specialty companies

• Bridgeway Health Solutions
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Cenpatico
• Nurse Response
• NurseWise
• Nurtur
• OptiCare Managed Vision
• ScriptAssist
• US Script