Fierce Healthcare October 8, 2020
Centene is growing its Medicare Advantage (MA) footprint by 30% in 2021.
The insurer said that it will offer MA plans in 1,249 counties across 33 states next year, an increase of 30% from plan year 2020. Centene will move into two new states, Rhode Island and Vermont, and add plans in about 275 counties.
Centene is also bringing PPO plans to 10 more states in which it already offers HMO plans, according to an announcement.
Michael Polen, Centene’s senior vice president and CEO of Medicare Solutions, told Fierce Healthcare that the goal is to reach as many beneficiaries as possible with a wide variety of options so they can make the choices that work best for them.
“We continue...