0001071739-12-000008.txt : 20120309 0001071739-12-000008.hdr.sgml : 20120309 20120309161735 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001071739-12-000008 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120309 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20120309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTENE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001071739 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS [6324] IRS NUMBER: 041406317 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31826 FILM NUMBER: 12680865 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7700 FORSYTH BLVD. CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 BUSINESS PHONE: 3147254477 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7700 FORSYTH BLVD. CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 8-K 1 form8k.htm FORM 8-K form8k.htm
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 9, 2012
 
 
CENTENE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
         
Delaware
  
001-31826
  
42-1406317
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
     
7700 Forsyth Blvd.
St. Louis, Missouri
  
63105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 725-4477
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
 
On March 9, 2012, Superior HealthPlan, Inc., a subsidiary of Centene Corporation, received an executed amendment to the Health & Human Services Commission Uniform Managed Care Contract for the STAR, STAR+PLUS and CHIP programs (the "Amendment") from the Texas Health & Human Services Commission.  The Amendment is effective March 1, 2012 and, among other things, establishes capitation rates for the STAR, STAR+PLUS and CHIP programs in the State of Texas for the rate period March 1, 2012 through August 31, 2012.
 
 
On March 1, 2012, the Company began operating under contracts in Texas that expanded its operations through new service areas including the 10 county Hidalgo Service Area and the Medicaid Rural Service Areas of West Texas, Central Texas and North-East Texas, as well as the addition of STAR+PLUS in the Lubbock Service Area.  The expansion also added the management of outpatient pharmacy benefits in all service areas and products, as well as inpatient facility services for the STAR+PLUS program.
 
 
The foregoing description does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties’ rights and obligations under the Amendment.
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
   
CENTENE CORPORATION
     
Date: March 9, 2012
  
By:
   /s/ William N. Scheffel
       
William N. Scheffel
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer