ST. LOUIS, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) issued a final reminder today regarding its previously announced ninth annual Investor Day.  The event will be held on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at the New York Helmsley Hotel on East 42nd Street in New York City. The meeting, which also will be webcast live, will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time and end approximately at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, with breakfast and registration beginning at 7:00 a.m. At the meeting, Centene's senior management team is expected to make remarks regarding the Company's performance and future prospects.

Institutional investors and analysts who have not already registered and are still 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 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 and can submit questions for the question-and-answer segment via e-mail at: Questions@centene.com.

A webcast replay will be available for on-demand listening shortly after the completion of the event for the next twelve months or until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at the aforementioned URL.

About Centene Corporation

Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading multi-line healthcare enterprise that provides programs and related services to the rising number of under-insured and uninsured individuals. Many receive benefits provided under Medicaid, including the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as Aged, Blind or Disabled (ABD), Foster Care, long-term care, other state-sponsored programs and Medicare (Special Needs Plans). Centene's CeltiCare subsidiary offers states unique "exchange-based" and other cost-effective coverage solutions for low-income populations. 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, life and health management, managed vision, telehealth services, and pharmacy benefits management. More information regarding Centene is available at www.centene.com.

SOURCE Centene Corporation