St. Louis firm completes $17.3B acquisition of area health plan company

Tampa-based WellCare is now part of Centene Corp.


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WellCare CEO Ken Burdick will join the leadership team of Centene Corp. Courtesy photo.
WellCare CEO Ken Burdick will join the leadership team of Centene Corp. Courtesy photo.
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TAMPA — St. Louis-based Centene Corp. has finalized its acquisition of WellCare Health Plans Inc., completing a $17.3 billion cash-and-stock deal struck in March 2019.

According to a press release, the addition of Tampa-based WellCare increases Centene’s health care coverage to more than 24 million members across all 50 states, or one in 15 people across the nation.

 

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