Centene Corporation profile and corporate video
Centene Corporation is a multi-line managed care company that serves as a provider for both government-sponsored and privately insured health care programs. It is headquartered in St. Louis, U.S., and it was founded in 1984 as a nonprofit Medicaid plan (Family Hospital Physician Associates) by a former hospital bookkeeper, Elizabeth “Betty” Brinn.
The company operates through the following main lines:
- Medicaid – a federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with limited income and resources
- ACA (Affordable Care Act) health insurance marketplace plans under the Ambetter brand in 15 states.
- Medicare is a national health insurance program in the United States which primarily provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older, but also for some people with disability status, as well as people with end-stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Tricare is a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System that engages in the provision of civilian health benefits for U.S Armed Forces military personnel, military retirees, and their dependents, including some members of the Reserve Component.
- traditional commercial insurance.
Centene also provides specialty services, including behavioral health care services, case management software, correctional insurance, in-home health services, life and health management, vision, pharmacy benefits management, and telehealth services through other healthcare and commercial organizations.
With more than 69 000 employees in more than 50 states, Centene Corporation is considered one of the top 2000 largest public companies in the world, according to Forbes.
*Information from Forbes.com, Wikipedia.org, and ”www.centene.com”.
**Video published on YouTube by “Centene Corporation“.