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Meridian Health Plan of Illinois and Centene Foundation Award $1.5 Million to OSF HealthCare for New Mobile Maternity Care Unit
Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. (Meridian) and the Centene Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), today announced an award of $1.5 million to OSF HealthCare over three years for the expansion of its OSF OnCall Connect pregnancy and postpartum program. The grant will provide a new mobile maternity care unit to help deliver care to women who might otherwise have difficulty accessing pregnancy and postpartum support in the city of Peoria and other Central Illin
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