Recognition Marks Sixth Consecutive Year
Centene Is in the Annual Ranking
ST.
LOUIS, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene
Corporation (NYSE: CNC), a leading healthcare enterprise
committed to helping people live healthier lives, today announced
that it has been recognized by Fortune magazine as one of
the World's Most Admired Companies for the sixth consecutive year.
Based on rankings by thousands of industry peers, the list captures
the most well-regarded companies globally.
"Centene is honored to be included on Fortune's list
among the world's most respected and reputable companies for the
sixth consecutive year," said Sarah M.
London, CEO of Centene. "Since our founding in 1984, we have
worked tirelessly to bring high-quality care to each of our
members, growing from a small operation in the basement of Family
Hospital in Milwaukee to a
national enterprise serving more than 28 million members today. I
am deeply grateful for our employees, providers, states and our
federal government partners as well as all of the community
organizations that enable us to deliver on our mission to transform
the health of the communities we serve."
This accolade is a result of Centene's continued execution of
its long-term strategy, focused on delivering access to
high-quality care for members across its Medicaid, Medicare and
Marketplace businesses. Through a disciplined and uniquely local
approach, Centene has continued its commitment to supporting
vulnerable populations with access to quality care and has expanded
its focus on and efforts to address the social determinants of
health across the country, where the company's nearly 67,800
employees are working hard each day to transform the health of the
communities it serves.
Centene further delivered on its mission to serve its local
communities with innovative programs and services. The Centene
Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Centene Corporation,
introduced grants to prioritize healthcare workforce development
initiatives through health and wellness centers in Atlanta, Georgia, and Buffalo, New York, invested in community
resources through a multipurpose community center in Uvalde, Texas, and reduced homelessness
through a Housing Command Center and social driver of health mobile
app in Iowa.
In 2023, Centene also remained committed to the health and
well-being of its members through disaster relief efforts following
the Hawaii wildfires, tornadoes in
Mississippi and Alabama, Hurricane Idalia in the southeastern
U.S. and more.
Since 1997, Fortune has collaborated with management
consulting firm Korn Ferry to build the World's Most Admired
Companies list. According to Fortune, they
survey more than a thousand companies across 52 industries to rate
industry peers based on the company's innovation, people
management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality
of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, quality
of products and services and global competitiveness.
To learn more about the Fortune 2024 World's Most
Admired Companies list, visit
https://fortune.com/ranking/worlds-most-admired-companies/2024.
For a full list of Centene's corporate awards and recognitions,
visit https://www.centene.com/who-we-are/accreditations-awards.html.
About Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation, a
Fortune 500 company, is a leading healthcare enterprise that is
committed to helping people live healthier lives. The Company takes
a local approach – with local brands and local teams – to provide
fully integrated, high-quality and cost-effective services to
government-sponsored and commercial healthcare programs, focusing
on under-insured and uninsured individuals. Centene
offers affordable and high-quality products to nearly 1 in 15
individuals across the nation, including Medicaid and Medicare
members (including Medicare Prescription Drug Plans) as well as
individuals and families served by the Health Insurance Marketplace
and the TRICARE program. The Company also contracts
with other healthcare and commercial organizations to provide a
variety of specialty services focused on treating the whole
person. Centene focuses on long-term growth and value
creation as well as the development of its people, systems and
capabilities so that it can better serve its members, providers,
local communities and government partners.
Centene uses its investor relations website to publish important
information about the Company, including information that may be
deemed material to investors. Financial and other information about
Centene is routinely posted and is accessible on Centene's investor
relations website, http://investors.centene.com.
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