ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) today announced a reminder that it plans to release its 2018 financial guidance at approximately 6:00 a.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, December 15, 2017, and host an investor meeting, including a question-and-answer session, to discuss the details of its guidance. The meeting will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time) and end approximately at noon, with breakfast and registration starting at 7:30 a.m. Michael F. Neidorff, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jeffrey A. Schwaneke, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of Centene Corporation will host the meeting, which will also be webcast live before an audience of institutional investors and analysts at the Pierre Hotel, 2 East 61(st) Street at Fifth Avenue, in New York City.

Institutional investors and analysts interested in attending the investor meeting can respond to Libby Abelt in Centene's Investor Relations department either via telephone at 1-212-759-5665 or e-mail at: labelt@centene.com.

Investors and other interested parties who are unable to attend in person are invited to listen to the investor meeting via a live, audio webcast on the Company's website at www.centene.com, under the Investors section.

About Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, is a diversified, multinational healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to government sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals. Many receive benefits provided under Medicaid, including the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as Aged, Blind or Disabled (ABD), Foster Care and Long Term Care (LTC), in addition to other state-sponsored programs, Medicare (including the Medicare prescription drug benefit commonly known as "Part D"), as well as programs with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Company operates local health plans and offers a range of health insurance solutions. It also contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to provide specialty services including behavioral health, care management software, correctional systems healthcare, in-home health services, life and health management, managed vision, pharmacy benefits management, specialty pharmacy and telehealth services.

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://www.centene.com/investors.

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