AMERIGROUP Corporation announced today that it plans to purchase certain assets from Centene Corporation, principally the right to provide managed care services to Centene’s Medicaid members in New Jersey. In a related transaction, AMERIGROUP plans to sell certain assets to Centene, principally the right to provide managed care services to AMERIGROUP’s Medicaid members in [...]

Centene Corporation announced that an agreement has been reached between University Health Plans, Inc. (“UHP”) and Amerigroup New Jersey, Inc. (“Amerigroup”), resolving the litigation regarding the sale of certain UHP assets to Amerigroup. Under the settlement agreement, the parties will move forward with the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval and expected to be [...]

Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) announced today that it has simultaneously executed definitive agreements to acquire certain assets of AMERIGROUP Community Care of South Carolina, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMERIGROUP Corporation, and to sell to AMERIGROUP certain assets of University Health Plans, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene. As of September 30, 2008, University Health Plans [...]

AMERIGROUP Corporation has been named one of America’s Best Places to Work In Healthcare — and the best among the country’s health insurers — in a survey conducted by Modern Healthcare magazine.
The survey, which was the first of its kind conducted by Modern Healthcare, was open to all American hospitals, medical practices and other companies [...]

The State of New Jersey has awarded Unisys a contract extension that continues the company’s role as the state’s Medicaid fiscal agent and Medicaid Management Information System provider. In this role, Unisys is responsible for efficiently providing service for more than a million enrolled recipients and processing more than $7 billion in annual benefit payments.
The [...]

The more than 1,300 associates employed by Health Net of the Northeast, Inc. have rallied together with the Company to purchase and deliver more than six tons (12,000 pounds) of non-perishable food and fresh fruit and vegetables to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) as part of an urgent campaign to aid [...]

Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey — are leading the United States’ transformation into a global, entrepreneurial and knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy, according to “The 2008 State New Economy Index,” released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). The report is being released during Global [...]

Health Net of the Northeast, Inc., a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. announced that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has awarded an accreditation status of “Excellent” for service and clinical quality for Health Net of the Northeast’s commercial line of HMO and POS products in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. The accreditation [...]

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd announced through its U.S.-based Darwin subsidiary, a new program with Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Facilities, Inc. in conjunction with the rollout of Darwin’s nationwide standard market Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) product. JLT will be underwriting on behalf of Darwin on an admitted basis in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, [...]

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will host a conference call with reporters and leaders from community organizations to announce the availability of new resources for organizations that work to ensure children have the health insurance coverage they need.
Secretary Sebelius will be joined by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Cindy Mann, director of the Center for Medicaid and [...]