Centene Recognizes National Healthcare Quality Week and Consistent Enhancement of Care
Healthcare Accreditations & Awards
The healthcare industry has complex and challenging industry standards. Centene Corporation and its subsidiaries strive to not only meet but exceed these standards to provide quality healthcare to each of its members. Centene is proud to be formally recognized for going above and beyond industry standards through certifications and accreditations by some of the nation’s top healthcare organizations.
Core Certification
Centene standardizes the information given to healthcare providers. The Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) is an initiative by a nonprofit alliance of health plans, networks and trade associations to simplify healthcare administration. With CORE certification, Centene joins others in standardizing the information sent to providers, so they receive consistent, uniform information from each insurer. CORE certification helps providers offer the best possible care consistently to each member, which in turn helps members maintain better health. It also improves interactions between health insurers and providers, reduces costs and administrative hassles, meets HIPAA requirements, and increases accuracy and speed in paying claims. Centene has received the CAQH CORE® health plan certification seal and is exchanging electronic administrative data in compliance with the CORE rules. For more information about CORE, please visit CAQH.
NCQA
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) evaluates the quality of key processes and systems health plans provide their members. NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve healthcare quality through measurement, transparency and accountability. The accreditation process involves a team of NCQA-trained healthcare experts conducting an extensive review, which includes an on-site survey of each health plan being considered for accreditation, and annual reporting of performance measures. Centene’s subsidiaries strive for this level of quality in all aspects of the business.
Centene is proud to be recognized by the NCQA with the 2021 Innovation Award for Health Equity for our data-driven Health Equity Improvement Model for being a leading-edge strategy for improving health equity and healthcare quality through innovative and creative solutions. Centene’s four-step model features a public health framework that uses a data-driven process to help identify barriers and design custom, community-driven initiatives for members and providers. The model was successfully implemented in multiple markets across the enterprise, resulting in reductions in Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) disparities.
URAC
URAC, formerly known as the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission, is an accreditor of healthcare companies. An independent, nonprofit organization, URAC develops standards with the help of nationwide experts in healthcare, including providers, insurers, healthcare organizations and public interest groups. Many of Centene’s specialty companies are URAC certified.
The following subsidiaries currently hold URAC accreditation:
- AcariaHealth
- Centene Pharmacy Services, Inc.
- Health Net Federal Services
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Recognitions & Awards
Our programs have garnered national recognition for innovation, comprehensiveness and improved outcomes.
Centene has been named one of the Fortune® 2024 World's Most Admired Companies™ for the sixth consecutive year. Senior executives, directors and analysts rate enterprises within their own industries and evaluate them on nine criteria, from investment value and quality of management and products, to social responsibility and ability to attract talent.
Centene ranks No. 22 on the Fortune 500® list (2024) of largest U.S. corporations by revenue. Centene has risen 464 spots since debuting on the list in 2010 at No. 486.
Centene ranks No. 46 on the Fortune Global 500® list (2024). This marks Centene's ninth year on the list, which ranks the top 500 companies worldwide based on revenue.
Centene ranks No. 16 on the Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care™ 2024 list in the Large Company category. This marks our third consecutive year on the list. Fortune partners with global people analytics firm Great Place to Work® to measure the differences in survey responses across demographic groups and roles within each organization to assess both the quality and consistency of the employee experience.
Centene CEO Sarah London has been named to CNBC’s inaugural 2024 Changemakers: Women Transforming Business list. The annual unranked list recognizes women at companies or philanthropic organizations who have had a profound impact and driven meaningful results across business and financial milestones within the past year.
For the sixth time, Centene earned a place on the Fortune® Blue Ribbon Companies 2024 list, demonstrating its industry leadership by appearing in four of Fortune’s rigorous annual rankings. Centene was listed as No. 25 on the Fortune 500, No. 60 on the Fortune Global 500, named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies and Centene CEO Sarah London was ranked No. 40 on the Most Powerful Women list.
Centene has been named one of America's Most Innovative Companies 2024 by Fortune for the second consecutive year. Based on ranking in surveys of experts and employees by Fortune and Statista, the list captures 200 companies based on three dimensions — product innovation, process innovation and innovation culture.
Centene has been named one of America's Greatest Workplaces in 2024 by Newsweek magazine, receiving a five-star rating among 1,000 U.S. companies for the second time in a row. Centene has also been named one of Newsweek's America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
Centene has been named a “2024 Campus Forward Award” winner by RippleMatch in the Large Early Career Program category, recognizing the top early career recruitment teams and programs in the nation as endorsed by student nominations. This accolade underscores Centene's commitment to innovative recruitment, candidate experience, DEI and impactful internships.
Centene has been named one of U.S. News & World Report's Best Companies to Work For in the health services industry. The companies selected were determined by the following six metrics: quality of pay and benefits, work/life balance and flexibility, job and company stability, physical and psychological comfort, belongingness and esteem, and career opportunities and professional development.
Centene CEO Sarah London has been ranked on Fortune's 2024 Most Powerful Women list, an annual ranking since 1998 that recognizes 100 top women leaders globally whose influence and achievements propel their businesses forward, many of them CEOs. Coming in at No. 60, this marks London’s third year on the list.
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Centene was ranked No. 26 on the 2024 Top 50 Companies for Diversity by Fair360 (formerly DiversityInc.), moving up 11 spots from 2023. This is our fifth consecutive year on the list, which assesses and ranks the nation’s largest employers on comprehensive, data-driven diversity and inclusion metrics across six key areas: leadership accountability, human capital metrics, talent programs, workforce practices, supplier fairness and philanthropy.
Centene also made Fair360’s specialty ranking lists for the following: No. 7 for Top Companies for Talent Acquisition for Women of Color, No. 9 for Top Companies for Executive Women and No. 18 for Top Companies for People with Disabilities.
For the seventh consecutive year, Centene has earned a 100 percent score on the Disability Equality Index 2024 (DEI®) and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion. The DEI is a joint initiative of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and Disability:IN and is acknowledged today as the most robust disability inclusion assessment tool in business.
Centene has been named a 2023 Leading Disability Employer by the National Organization on Disability for the fourth consecutive year. This award recognizes companies that demonstrate exemplary employment practices for people with disabilities.
Centene ranks 66 on the Fortune 2024 Best Workplaces for Women™ list in the large category for companies over 1,000 employees. This marks the second time Centene has been named to this list, which recognizes companies for receiving high scores in key behaviors that drive trust in management, connection with colleagues and loyalty to the company.
Centene has been recognized as a 2023 Top Veteran-Friendly Company by U.S. Veterans Magazine for the fourth year in a row. In addition, we were named a Top Supplier Diversity Program for Veterans, which spotlights companies with proactive business programs that encourage the use of diverse businesses as company vendors.
Centene has received the 2023-2024 Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), earning a score of 100% on its Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the sixth consecutive year. The CEI is an annual national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.
Centene ranks 67 on the 2023 Military Times Best for Vets Employers list, an annual ranking of employers who provide recruitment, leadership programs, benefits, and other support efforts for veterans and their families.
As part of Disability:IN's "Are You IN?" campaign, Centene CEO Sarah London signed the CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion, which is a call to action for CEOs, investors, companies, and business professionals to further advance inclusive practices for people with disabilities.
Centene has been named to Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the fourth time for our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. The index gauges the performance of public companies dedicated to transparency in gender-data reporting. The list includes 484 companies from 45 countries and regions from around the world that are spotlighted for their efforts to ensure a more equal workplace.
