Anthem, Inc. will boost its Medicaid membership by...

...5.1% with its completed acquisition of WellCare Health Plans, Inc.’s managed care plans in Missouri and Nebraska. WellCare divested its Medicaid assets in both states to ease antitrust concerns raised by the insurer’s acquisition by Centene Corp., which was completed last week. Anthem is currently No. 2 in the managed Medicaid market, with 5.8 million members.

From AIS’s Directory of Health Plans