TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- WellCare Health Plans Inc. is buying the New Jersey Medicaid operations of insurer Healthfirst as part of a push to expand its presence in the state and federally funded program.

A patient prepares to have his blood drawn. WellCare Health Plans has announced it will acquired the Medicaid rosters of Healthfirst NJ, a managed care organization. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg) ...

WellCare Health Plans has completed its acquisition of Advicare Corp.'s Medicaid business, which includes the transfer of approximately 30,000 members to WellCare of South Carolina. The financial ...

To improve patient care out in the field, WellCare is turning to a combination of artificial intelligence and mobile technology. The insurer, which serves Medicare and Medicaid patients, is creating ...

Nov. 21--WellCare provides Medicaid health insurance coverage to more than 26,000 residents in Daviess, Hancock, McLean, Muhlenberg and Ohio counties. Yet many of them may not know of several ...

A Polk County District Court judge upheld the state's decision to throw out WellCare of Iowa's Medicaid managed-care contract, according to court documents made available on Monday. The Tampa-based ...

A Florida federal judge last week sentenced three former WellCare executives to prison for their involvement in a Medicaid fraud scheme, The Tampa Tribune reported. Wellcare Health Plans, Inc. had ...

WellCare Health Plans Inc. has agreed to pay $80 million to settle an investigation by federal and state authorities alleging it defrauded the Florida Medicaid and Florida Healthy Kids programs by $40 ...

Iowa will soon transition its Medicaid population to a coordinated, managed care program. This is an important move to ensure that more than 560,000 low-income Iowans, including mothers and children, ...

It's the first deal announced since WellCare said M&A is key to doubling revenue by 2021. WellCare Health Plans Inc. is putting its deal-making strategy into action. WellCare (NYSE: WCG) agreed to ...

While health plans struggle to make profits off individuals buying commercial coverage on public exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, the insurance industry still sees promise in the law’s ...

Tampa, Fla.-based insurance company WellCare Health Plans' first-quarter 2018 profit soared as it kept Medicaid costs low and grew membership in Medicare Advantage plans in the wake of its 2017 ...