Centene Corp., a Medicaid plan manager that has been doing well in the Affordable Care Act public exchange market, is expanding into New York state.

The St. Louis-based company said Tuesday it will pay $3.75 billion to acquire "substantially all of the assets" of New York State Catholic Health Plan Inc., which does business as Fidelis Care. Fidelis is a nonprofit health coverage provider based in New York.

Fidelis was providing or administering health coverage for 1.6 million people on June 30, and it generated about $4.8 billion in revenue during the first half of the year. The company competes in the Medicaid plan, Children's Health Insurance Program and individual major medical markets in New York state.

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