Centene Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Noncontolling Interest and Acquisitions Non Controlling Interest and Acquisition (Tables)

Noncontolling Interest and Acquisitions Non Controlling Interest and Acquisition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block]

The Company has consolidated subsidiaries where it maintains less than 100% ownership. The Company’s ownership interest for each subsidiary as of December 31, are as follows:



	2013		2012		2011
Casenet	100	%	100	%	81	%
Centurion	51	%	51	%	51	%
Louisiana Healthcare Connections	100	%	100	%	51	%
Home State Health Plan	95	%	95	%	—	%

Schedule of Net Income Atrributable to Parent and Transfers from and to Non-controlling Interest Entities

Net income attributable to Centene Corporation and transfers from (to) noncontrolling interest entities are as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012			2011
Net earnings attributable to Centene Corporation	$	161,218	$	88,533		$	120,518
Transfers from (to) the noncontrolling interest:
Decrease in equity for purchase of, distribution to and redemption of noncontrolling interest	—		(12,193		)	(289		)
Increase in equity for distributions from and consolidation of noncontrolling interest	8,068		1,092			813
Net transfers from (to) noncontrolling interest	8,068		(11,101		)	524
Changes from net earnings attributable to Centene Corporation and net transfers from (to) the noncontrolling interest	$	169,286	$	77,432		$	121,042

- Definition

The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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