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WellCare Health Plans

Tampa, United Stateswww.wellcare.com1expert edge

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. is a Tampa-based managed care organization serving government-sponsored health programs, offering Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans to roughly 5.5 million members across all 50 states. It was acquired by Centene Corporation in January 2020 for $17.3 billion and now operates as a Centene subsidiary and consumer brand.

Why interesting to a deal team

WellCare is the reference transaction behind Angela Humphreys' network: she led deal counsel on its $17.3B Centene merger. Not investable itself, but it anchors her access to government-sponsored managed care principals, payer regulatory approvals, and the Medicaid/Medicare Advantage consolidation thesis driving RCM and payer-services deal flow.

Experts connected to this company

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Angela Humphreys

Chair of the Healthcare Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Healthcare Private Equity Team

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

LawyerNashville

She has led $60B+ in healthcare M&A, including WellCare-Centene, and is a go-to regulatory counsel for PE sponsors buying provider and payer-adjacent platforms.

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