On Friday, April 15, Centene Corporation will celebrate the grand opening of its Ferguson Service Center. The Company's more than $25 million investment into this facility will bring more than 250 jobs to the Ferguson area.
The 45,000-square-foot facility, located at 2900 Pershall Road, will employ more than 250 people. Those employees will have the opportunity to utilize a state-of-the-art bistro, fitness center, and on-site early childhood development center.
The celebration will include remarks from Michael F. Neidorff, Chairman, President and CEO of Centene, as well as U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, Governor Jay Nixon and St. Louis Urban League President and CEO Michael McMillan. Guided tours of the facility will be provided, as well as food from local Ferguson restaurants and entertainment from the Riverview Gardens Student Jazz Ensemble.
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Ferguson Service Center Grand Opening featuring ribbon cutting, musical performance and samples of food from Ferguson restaurants |
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Michael Neidorff, Chairman, President and CEO of Centene Corporation; Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt; Governor Jay Nixon and Urban League President Michael McMillan |
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Friday, April 15 at 11 a.m |
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Ferguson Service Center |
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2900 Pershall Road |
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Ferguson, MO 63136 |
Kindly RSVP to Centene at mediainquiries@centene.com.
About Centene
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a diversified, multi-national healthcare enterprise that provides a portfolio of 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/hybrid 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. Centene 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 management, care management software, correctional healthcare services, dental benefits management, in-home health services, life and health management, managed vision, pharmacy benefits management, specialty pharmacy and telehealth services.
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SOURCE Centene Corporation