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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 3, 2008

WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
  
001-32209
  
47-0937650
(State or other jurisdiction
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
      
Identification No.)
 
8735 Henderson Road, Renaissance One
  
   
Tampa, Florida
  
33634
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (813) 290-6200

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 3, 2008, the Registrant received executed amendment number 10 to its Missouri HealthNet Managed Care – Eastern Region contract between the State of Missouri Office of Administration Division of Purchasing and Materials Management and Harmony Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. d/b/a Harmony Health Plan of Missouri, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant (“Harmony”), pursuant to which Harmony participates in the Missouri Medicaid managed care program.  The amendment, among other things, requires Harmony to pay physicians rates that are not less than the rates payable to physicians under Missouri HealthNet’s fee-for-service fee schedule, some of which increased as of July 1, 2008.  The amendment also includes corresponding increases to the capitated rates payable to Harmony under the contract effective July 1, 2008.  A copy of the amendment is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The foregoing description does not purport to be a complete description of the parties’ rights and obligations under the above-described amendment.  The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the amendment.

In the interest of providing interested parties with full access to its federal, state and county contracts, the Registrant has elected to file such contracts with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Registrant does not believe that its business is substantially dependent on many of these contracts when each is taken individually.

Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)   Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
 
None.
 
(b)   Pro Forma Financial Information.
 
None.
 
(c)   Shelf Company Transaction.

None.

(d)   Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 
 
 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Date:  October 9, 2008
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC.
 
/s/ Heath Schiesser                                  
 
Heath Schiesser
 
President and Chief Executive Officer

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
Description