WCG News and Press, Wellcare Health Plans Inc. From 05/31/19

Centene (NYSE: CNC ) announces that Ken Burdick, currently CEO of WellCare, and Drew Asher, currently Executive VP and CFO of WellCare, will join Centene in executive leadership positions, following close of WellCare Health Plans (NYSE: WCG ) transaction. More news on: Cen...

ST. LOUIS , May 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) ("Centene" or the "Company") today announced that upon completion of the pending combination with WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) ("WellCare"), Ken Burdick , currently Chief Executive Officer of Well...

Merger activity increased last week with three new deals announced, two pending deals closing and one deal terminated. Deal Statistics: New Deals: The acquisition of Isramco (ISRL) by Naphtha Israel Petroleum Corporation for $393.11 million or $121.40 per share in cash. The ...

Centene ( CNC +2.6% ) is up on below-average volume (up  4%  from the intraday low of $54.58) in apparent reaction to the news that Dan Loeb's Third Point Ventures owns at least a $300M stake in the managed care provider and, according to the Wall Street Journal , is urging th...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2019 / Juan Monteverde , founder and managing partner at Monteverde & Associates PC , a national securities firm headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating: WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG ) r...

ST. LOUIS and TAMPA, Fla. , May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) ("Centene" or the "Company") and WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) ("WellCare") today announced the filing of the definitive joint proxy statement and prospectus with the U.S. Securities ...

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I've taken the M&A dashboard as a base to quickly review the most interesting M&A deals that are ongoing. I've highlighted the deals that I think are interesting and where I had/have/consider a position and briefly discuss them below. Here's are the first few rows of the dashboard with...

Summary Due to the current political discussion in America surrounding Medicare, I thought it would be prudent to take a look at which companies may benefit from additional covered lives within Medicare Part D. According to a recent report Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris,...

After a very active prior week where we saw nine new deals announced, merger activity decreased last week with two new deals announced and four pending deals closing. Deal Statistics: New Deals: The acquisition of Amber Road (AMBR) by E2open for $425 million or $13.05 per share ...