Centene's Texas-based subsidiary, Superior HealthPlan has been awarded a six-year contract to continue providing healthcare coverage for foster care youths through the State of Texas Access Reform Health Medicaid program.
Superior has been the sole provider of the coverage since the program launched in 2008, according to a Sept. 15 Centene news release. Superior became the first managed care organization in the country that year to provide statewide Medicaid coverage to children in foster care.