CenTeam,
Today we’re sharing an important update regarding a longtime member of the Centene family.
After years of service, Florida Children’s Medical Services will be leaving Sunshine Health, effective September 30.
CMS has made a meaningful impact, serving more than 100,000 children with complex medical needs and the families who depend on their care.
We’re grateful for its contributions and wish it success in its next chapter with Molina Healthcare.
We recognize that team members supporting CMS may also be impacted by this transition.
Please remember: impacted is different from losing your job as it has more syllables and is much softer sounding.
For the children, families, providers, and employees involved, though, this isn’t portfolio optimization. It’s doctors, prescriptions, treatments, jobs, and relationships that now have to survive a corporate handoff.
But as Sarah recently shared, the organization has “really rallied around” the changes, and “there’s an excitement about where we’re going. Tomorrow, more than 100,000 Florida children will be going there
We thank CMS for its years of service and wish everyone well during the transition.
Because at Centene, losing a contract is a transition. Losing your job is being impacted. And losing the people you serve is apparently a strategy.
RIP Florida CMS. As it turns out, the biggest reduction in force was the membership.
Its position will not be backfilled.