Don’t be shocked if cuts are coming - Less than five years after health insurer Centene Corp. made a splash by confirming plans to bring thousands of new employees to a campus in Sacramento's Natomas area, the company now appears ready to let someone... — read more
Coming cuts?
There’s a lot of pencil sharpening happening recently. Work is being shifted. Giant lists of efforts being prioritized so most can be placed on hold (under the exercise that we are doing too much work already). It may be true that we’re doing... — read more
Medicare in trouble
Medicare plans are being lost because of the low star ratings. How long until they start layoffs
centene wellcare
layoff for a lot VP!
COL Increase
Do you think we will be getting any type of COL increase?
Shared Services nurses getting phrases out
Shared services is a joke. None of the upper leadership has a clue of what’s going on. Now they are hiring nurses from Guam and Philippine to phrase out the nurses the currently have in place. Current nurses are training their replacements.
Layoffs Now
Does anyone know if we should expect layoffs with the QualChoice functional migration, New Jersey and North Carolina platform consolidations being put on hold?
How long will Centene be HQ'd in St. Louis?
St. Louis has become unattractive because of high crime not only in the city but also in the metro. I recall during MFN's reign that he had trouble luring top executive talent to STL because of the problems--even a couple of years ago. London has... — read more
$215 Million Settlement Against Centene
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/centene-california-settlement/642363/
Centene Q4 22 loss topped $213 million
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/centene-posts-213m-loss-even-revenue-grows-q4 Revenue up, profit down. "For full-year 2022, Centene reported $1.2 billion in profit, down from the $1.3 billion it brought in during 2021. Full-year revenue... — read more
Ripping off our customers -One state at a time.
Centene to pay $66.5 million in Indiana Medicaid dr-g pricing settlement https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/02/01/centene-to-pay-66-5-million-in-indiana-medicaid-dr-g-pricing-settlement/
Layoff trend?
Hey all. Worried with all the news everywhere of cutting down employees. Any clue if centene will follow suit?
Intel Leadership Logic - How we got here
I just don't see enough ROI (return on investment) in turning the ship around anymore.
Centene Corp. loses $65B defense health contract - HealthNet layoffs to happen in Jan?
It's likely there will be major layoffs at HealthNet. As with any contract renewal, no renewal means no staff needed. What's healthnet head count? like 6000 employees??
Any truth to industry rumors that Collaborative Health Systems is up for sale?
Collaborative Health Systems is an ACO management company that was part of the WellCare acquisition of Universal American. Seems to many in the business to be off the main focus of the London vision for a stripped-down Centene. The money it makes is... — read more
This holiday season Just Say NO
No more working on Christmas day or the day after New Years. No more unrealistic project goals. A company that can't contain its workload to a 40-hour week with guaranteed holidays is not worth working for. We check this site because we already know... — read more
What if.
What if... Stock options are now required as a condition of employment for all Centene employees? "Fair is fair." You think we forgot about your suprise post-contract mandates?
Centene Layoffs 2023
Have you heard anything about potential Centene layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
I've grown to hate Centene
It’s terrible. The management will set expectations and never deliver so the employees will get discouraged and resentful. Overall, management behavior is bizarre. They constantly gaslight and withhold information from employees and their reward... — read more
CENTENE SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO DIVEST MAGELLAN SPECIALTY HEALTH
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/centene-signs-definitive-agreement-divest-210500022.html
Should we be worried? Insurance powerhouse gave Illinois Foster Children Unacceptable medical care
https://illinoisanswers.org/2022/11/09/insurance-powerhouse-gave-illinois-foster-children-unacceptable-medical-care/
Natomas location
The end of the december the natomas location will close but they’ll be leasing departments of the building to new tenants. if you work there ask around.
Layoff’s in Sacramento
Any updates on if centene/ Healthnet will be laying off people or closing ?
Centene gives millions to politicians
https://www.stltoday.com/eedition/page-a3/page_a4f6ed9d-c198-50b9-b8ac-f5f9184067e4.html
Centene getting ready to sale?
Unloading empty offices isn't suspicious on its own with WFH but we had the reorg earlier this year, they just pulled out of the stadium name deal and canceled the all employee meeting as well as some smaller meetings. Anyone else feel like... — read more
Do they think we’re that stupid? (“Raise”, health insurance)
So they gave everyone this 5% percent raise starting end of October while simultaneously contributing less to our health insurance cost and raising the cost for the employee. Do they think people are really that dense? They will have to pay extra... — read more
Life is much better outside
It seems that it really is true that if you want to feel valued and paid proportionally to how much effort you put in, the only way to achieve that is to get out of here. I am happy for others, but on the other hand, I feel bad when I hear how... — read more
Pay Cuts
It looks like everyone who has Medical and Dental insurance is getting a pay cut as it came out today that our health insurance costs are going up next year. One would think they they would have at least increased the amount they cover on our health... — read more
Hedis nurses getting phased out
Looks like Corp is taking over hedis from the plans. They hired temps to do the chart over reads in 2023. That's always been done by the nurses at the plans. Also heard that the work normally done by Change is going to be handled by the plans... — read more
No COVID vaccine for Employment and working with sick patients?
Is it true that if you are not vaccinated you can now work for Centene? So many people lost their jobs last year because they were not COVID vaccinated. Is this safe for unvaccinated case managers and LTSS employees to see high risk patients and... — read more
Job Grades
Can anyone provide any information on the salaries for job grades? Specifically, J, K L, and M? Thank you in advance.
Suggestions Gathered from this Forum
Employees fear retaliation from surveys, People Leaders know who they mistreat so they know who reponded negatively Post the anonymous hotline contact information for all employees to feel comfortable. There is a lack of trust, how can we... — read more
Workplace Bullying Culture
Since this was the most common reason for turnover. The most mentioned job review. Here is an article: EXAMPLES OF REPEATED BEHAVIORS THAT COULD CONSTITUTE BULLYING Workplace bullying includes negative acts directed toward employees. Examples could... — read more
Employee Surveys
People quit poor leadership not the job. We complete countless surveys without any changes in leadership. There should be required management training for unconscious bias and emotional intelligence. They’ve figured out to retaliate due to... — read more
Centene Sacramento closing down december 22
It’s official centene in natomas will be closing down december 22nd
Covid Vaccine and Sick Time
Per the employee FAQs in the Working from Here site, beginning 10/10/22 Centene will no longer require the vaccine for employment. Additionally, Covid sick time will no longer be provided except in specific states. However, some states will receive... — read more
Centene sacramento closing down in december
Centene in sacramento will closing down in december unless a miracle happens
American Healthcare
American Healthcare: If you make six figures working at a health "insurance" company, you are the f&*& problem.
Magellan call center employee here. Any insight into upcoming layoffs for Magellan?
Magellan employee call center employee here. Any insight into upcoming layoffs for Magellan? No one is saying anything about the merger and were losing a few accounts on 12/31/22, but what's strange is that they are still hiring for call center... — read more