JANUARY

• Centene’s New Mexico subsidiary, Western Sky Community Care, is awarded the statewide contract for the Centennial Care 2.0 Program. The program provides integrated Medicaid managed care coverage to nearly 700,000 Medicaid members.

FEBRUARY

• Centene signs a definitive agreement to acquire MHM Services, Inc., a national provider of healthcare and staffing services to correctional systems and other government agencies.

MARCH

• Centene announces it has agreed to acquire Community Medical Holdings Corp., a leading at-risk primary care provider, serving over 70,000 Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and Health Insurance Marketplace program patients in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

• Centene makes an initial investment in RxAdvance, a full-service pharmacy benefit manager. The partnership includes both a customer relationship and strategic investment in RxAdvance.
   

MAY

• Centurion Detention Health Services, a Centene subsidiary, is selected by the Pima County Arizona Board of Supervisors to provide comprehensive healthcare services to detainees of the county’s adult and juvenile detention facilities in Tucson, Arizona.

• Centene’s Iowa subsidiary, Iowa Total Care, is tentatively awarded a statewide contract for the IA Health Link Program, which provides integrated Medicaid managed care coverage to over 600,000 Medicaid members in the state. Pending regulatory approval, the contract is expected to commence on July 1, 2019.

• Coordinated Care, Centene’s subsidiary in Washington state, is chosen to provide managed care services to Apple Health’s Integrated Managed Care Medicaid beneficiaries in the King, Pierce, North Sound, Greater Columbia, and North Central Regional Service Areas.

JUNE

• Centene announces a partnership with the National Council on Independent Living on an initiative to increase the accessibility of provider medical offices and services for people with disabilities. Centene’s Provider Accessibility Initiative launches the company’s Barrier Removal Fund in three pilot states, Illinois, Texas and Ohio, as well as educational and compliance components that will be implemented in all Centene markets nationwide.

• Centene’s Kansas subsidiary, Sunflower Health Plan, is chosen to provide managed care services to KanCare beneficiaries statewide. KanCare provides medical and behavioral health benefits, as well as long-term services and supports, to approximately 400,000 members.
   

JULY

• Centene completes its acquisition of Fidelis Care, expanding Centene’s national leadership in government-sponsored healthcare and giving Centene a presence in New York, the country’s second largest managed care state by membership.

• Health Net Federal Services, a Centene subsidiary, is awarded the next generation Military & Family Life Counseling Program contract through its MHN Government Services (MHNGS) company. Under the contract, MHNGS will deploy highly skilled and licensed behavioral health counselors on assignments throughout the United States, U.S. territories, and countries where the U.S. military is deployed.

• Centene and Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system, announce they will explore a joint venture to establish a leading Medicare Advantage plan. The plan is expected to be implemented in multiple geographic markets beginning in 2020.

AUGUST

• Centurion Detention Health Services is selected to provide comprehensive healthcare services to detainees of Volusia County’s detention facilities located near Daytona, Florida.
   

OCTOBER

• Centurion Detention Health Services is selected to provide comprehensive healthcare services to detainees at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• Centene’s Arizona subsidiary, Health Net Access, begins providing physical and behavioral healthcare services through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Complete Care program in the central and southern regions.

DECEMBER

• Centene’s Mississippi subsidiary, Magnolia Health, completes implementation of a transformative pharmacy benefit management model using RxAdvance’s Collaborative PBM Cloud™ platform, covering 240,000 Mississippi Medicaid members.

• Centene’s Florida subsidiary, Sunshine Health, begins providing physical and behavioral healthcare services through Florida’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program under its new five-year contract, which was implemented for all 11 regions by February 2019.

• Centene Corporation, which owns 50% of the Ribera Salud Group in Spain, announces it has purchased Sanitas’ and Asisa’s stake of the Torrejón Salud company, concessionaire of the University Hospital of Torrejón de Ardoz in Madrid. With this transaction, Centene owns 89% of the University Hospital, and Ribera Salud will assume management of the center.