ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation
(NYSE: CNC) announced today Centurion of Tennessee, LLC ("Centurion") has been
recommended for contract award by the Tennessee Department of
Correction for inmate health services. Centurion is a joint venture
between Centene and MHM Services Inc.
Centurion began providing correctional healthcare services in
Tennessee in 2013, and will
continue to oversee care for over 20,000 inmates throughout the
state. This latest award is expected to become effective in the
third quarter of 2017.
"We view our collaboration with the Tennessee Department of
Correction as a true partnership in providing responsible
and cost-effective care for this complex population. We look
forward to continuing our work and mission in this market,"
said Steven H. Wheeler, CEO of Centurion.
Centurion operates in eight states, providing statewide
correctional healthcare services in Florida,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New
Mexico, Tennessee, and Vermont; and provides
administrative services in California through an affiliate.
About Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, is a diversified,
multi-national healthcare enterprise that provides a portfolio of
services to government sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on
under-insured and uninsured individuals. Many receive benefits
provided under Medicaid, including the State Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as Aged, Blind or Disabled (ABD),
Foster Care and Long Term Care
(LTC), in addition to other state-sponsored programs, Medicare
(including the Medicare prescription drug benefit commonly known as
"Part D"), as well as programs with the U.S. Department of Defense
and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Centene operates local
health plans and offers a range of health insurance solutions. It
also contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations
to provide specialty services including behavioral health
management, care management software, correctional healthcare
services, dental benefits management, in-home health services, life
and health management, managed vision, pharmacy benefits
management, specialty pharmacy and telehealth services.
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