Item 2.02 shall be deemed to be furnished and not filed:
 
99.1 Press release of Centene Corporation issued October 27, 2009, as to financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Date: October 27, 2009
CENTENE CORPORATION
 
 
By:
/s/ WILLIAM N. SCHEFFEL
 
   
William N. Scheffel
 
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
     
Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press release* of Centene Corporation issued October 27, 2009, as to financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
 
 
 
     
*
 
The press release is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange of 1934, as amended.