Tennessee Awards $232 Million Corrections Health Care Contract To Centene Subsidiary

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations The Department of Correction in Tennessee has awarded a three-year, $232 million contract to Centene Corp.'s joint venture subsidiary, Centurion, to provide health care services to 20,000 inmates in 11 prisons throughout the state beginning this summer. Centurion is a joint venture with MHM Services Inc. that provides health care services to correctional facilities. In March, Centene announced Centurion was awarded a contract from the Massachusetts Department of Corrections to care for 11,000 inmates throughout the state beginning in the summer of 2013. Clayton-based Centene Corp. is led by Michael . . .