Companies included in the FORTUNE 500 are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years. Included in the survey are companies that are incorporated and operate in the U.S.and file financial statements with a government agency. This includes private companies and cooperatives that file a 10-K or a comparable financial statement with a government agency, and mutual insurance companies that file with state regulators.

“It is a significant corporate achievement to be included in FORTUNE Magazine’s prestigious annual ranking,” said Centene Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael F. Neidorff.   “We are pleased to be recognized in this manner as it illustrates the validity of Centene’s business model. We are especially gratified to find ourselves included in the ranking for the third time.”

This year’s response rate to the MHS survey represents a substantial increase over previous year’s survey reponses.

So far, nearly 500 adult surveys have been received, versus 224 adult survey responses after the same amount of time in 2011. MHS has also received more than 600 responses from eligible children, versus 253 responses after the same amount of time in 2011.

As in previous years, once the survey closes, Managed Health Services will analyze the responses and use the feedback as an opportunity to work more closely to meet member expectations with the health care delivery system.

The new library provides members with easy, 24/7, searchable access to a wealth of educational healthcare information.

The new MHS health library can be found by clicking here. or by cutting and pasting this link into your web browser:

http://www.mhswi.com/for-members/health-library/.

Members are being presented with this new dental provider search service in an effort to help them maintain a healthy lifestyle.

We continue to make a difference for our members, and it shows.

Residents in these areas now have access to healthy lifestyle resources that include members of the MHS medical and dental provider network, smoking cessation programs, adolescent and adult immunizations, lead testing, and women’s health needs. Pregnant women or women moms who have just had a baby also have access to the benefits of membership in the company’s “Start Smart for your Baby” program.

For information on Managed Health Services and to see if you qualify, call the company’s Member Services department at 888-713-6180.

Dr. Bruce Himelstein talks about weight management

Sandra Zernzach APNP (left), of Affinity Medical Group in Oshkosh Wisconsin is presented with the 4th annual Summit Award by Dr. Bruce Himelstein, Chief Medical Officer of Managed Health Services

Managed Health Services (MHS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), in collaboration with the Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare, recently presented Sandra Zernzach APNP, of Affinity Medical Group in Oshkosh Wisconsin, with its fourth annual Summit Award program. The award program acknowledges healthcare professionals for providing exemplary care and clinical excellence to MHS members.

“Managed Health Services is committed to recognizing Wisconsin healthcare professionals for the excellent care they provide to our members,” said Dr. Bruce Himelstein, chief medical officer for Managed Health Services. “We are pleased to recognize Ms. Zernzach for the ongoing program of contributions she makes to improve the care, quality and long term healthcare outcomes of our members.”

Winners of the annual Summit Award demonstrate above superior performance in the following areas: follow-up care after emergency room visits, routine preventive and well care services for both adults and children, and establishing a “medical home” for new enrollees by promoting the member-primary care physician relationship.

In recognition of her work, Himelstein and MHS vice president Paul Sabin recently presented Ms. Zernzach with an engraved plaque and a catered lunch for her colleagues.

About Managed Health Services
Managed Health Services (MHS), founded in 1984, is a HMO that provides Medicaid services for Wisconsin beneficiaries in a BadgerCare Plus, SSI or Medicare Advantage Program. MHS, through its parent-company, Centene also offers specialty services including behavioral health, life and health management, managed vision, telehealth services, and pharmacy benefits management. For additional information, please visit www.mhswi.com.

About The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare
The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare is a non-profit private foundation dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare in the United State. The Foundation serves as a resource to identify and support innovative approaches to improving and increasing the quality of and access to healthcare for low-income individuals and families. This is accomplished through an inspired philanthropic giving plan that seeks to promote efforts and activities that identify and address core causes of unequal access and treatment in healthcare. For additional information, please visit www.centenefoundation.org.

As a sponsor of the program, MHS wants you to know that accountability, goal-setting, positive self-talk, and self-esteem are all very important components of an effective weight loss program. The way you feel about yourself can have a huge impact when it comes to starting (and staying on) an exercise and weight loss regime.

Just like you can reshape your body with diet and exercise, you can also reshape your self-image.

Click on the “Weight Loss and Control” radio commercial on our web page to hear the ad currently airing on KISS 95.9, or call MHS at 888-713-6180 to learn how you can begin to set your own weight loss and fitness goals.