ST. LOUIS, Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) announced today that the Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education^® ("Centene Institute") has been awarded joint accreditation by three national institutions dedicated to promoting healthcare excellence. In support of improving patient care, the Centene Institute is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for multidisciplinary healthcare teams. The Centene Institute's interprofessional continuing education program provides independent, clinically valid, and research-informed content to multidisciplinary teams of clinicians to improve the performance of the healthcare team, patient quality of care, and health outcomes across communities. The program is offered to employees and any external healthcare professionals.

"The Centene Institute was designed to offer healthcare professionals across the entire spectrum of healthcare disciplines valuable research and educational content that will continue to enhance their skills and performance," said Michael Neidorff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Centene. "This highly-esteemed achievement and recognition represents Centene's resounding commitment to providing accessible, high-quality healthcare to our members through a highly-skilled workforce and community of providers."

Through a single, unified application process and set of accreditation standards, the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education offers organizations the opportunity to be simultaneously accredited to provide continuing education for teams of healthcare professionals, including dentists, dietitians, nurses, optometrists, pharmacists, physician assistants, physicians, psychologists, and social workers. For more information about the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education, visit here. 

"By building on the frameworks of interprofessional communication, values, and ethics, we strive to always improve the performance of the healthcare team, and ultimately improve community healthcare delivery and health outcomes through quality education," said Mary Mason, MD, FACP, Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer for the Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education. "We are honored to provide accredited continuing education, at no cost, allowing providers to exchange best practices and evaluate ways to improve quality of care for patients throughout the community."

Along with its accredited interprofessional continuing education program and associated learning management system , the Centene Institute strives to improve whole health outcomes through health education through its Youth Impact Award, a contest for students ages 9 – 14 challenging them to learn more about a specific health issue facing youth today and raise awareness with their peers, and its Health Library, a collection of award-winning books on multiple health topics, such as nutrition, smoking cessation, fitness, anti-bullying, diabetes and others that is being disseminated throughout communities through technology.

About Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 25 company, is a leading multi-national healthcare enterprise that is committed to helping people live healthier lives. The Company takes a local approach – with local brands and local teams – to provide fully integrated, high-quality, and cost-effective services to government-sponsored and commercial healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals. Centene offers affordable and high-quality products to nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation, including Medicaid and Medicare members (including Medicare Prescription Drug Plans) as well as individuals and families served by the Health Insurance Marketplace, the TRICARE program, and individuals in correctional facilities. The Company also serves several international markets, and contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to provide a variety of specialty services focused on treating the whole person. Centene focuses on long-term growth and the development of its people, systems and capabilities so that it can better serve its members, providers, local communities, and government partners.

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About the Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education
Supported by Centene's foundational focus on whole health, the Centene Institute for Advanced Health Education provides health education for youth and young adults, all with the goal of driving early health literacy and preventive care. Additional focus of the Centene Institute is the development and implementation of accessible, interprofessional continuing education as empowering, research-informed educational activities that improve quality of care, performance of the healthcare team and health outcomes.

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