Centene Corporation — Ethics Grade D

Centene Corporation receives an overall ethics grade of D (28/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Health Insurance. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 40
• privacy: 40
• consumer: 8
• environment: 55
• humanRights: 25

Documented incidents (3)

• Multi-state Medicaid overbilling (high, 2023) — Paid $1.1B+ in settlements across multiple states for overcharging Medicaid programs through inflated pharmacy costs.
• Inadequate provider networks (high, 2022) — Multiple state investigations found Centene listed providers who weren't accepting patients, creating phantom networks that limited actual care access.
• Mental health access failures (high, 2023) — Sued for failing to provide adequate mental health and substance abuse treatment to Medicaid enrollees despite receiving funds for it.

Documented good deeds

• Medicaid access expansion — Largest Medicaid managed care company, serving 25M+ low-income Americans who might otherwise lack coverage.