- Current report filing (8-K)

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):		August 27, 2012

AMERIGROUP Corporation
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-31574	54-1739323
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

4425 Corporation Lane, Virginia Beach, Virginia		23462
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		(757) 490-6900

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 27, 2012, AMERIGROUP Corporation, through its subsidiary, AMERIGROUP Texas, Inc., received an executed amendment, Amendment No. 3 (the "Amendment"), to the Health and Human Services Commission Uniform Managed Care Contract for the STAR, STAR+PLUS and CHIP programs (Contract Number: 529-12-0002-00019)(the "Contract"). The Amendment is effective September 1, 2012 and, among other things, establishes capitation rates for the STAR, STAR+PLUS and CHIP programs for the rate period September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013.

The foregoing description does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties’ rights and obligations under the Contract or the Amendment.

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SIGNATURES

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.


	AMERIGROUP Corporation

August 31, 2012	By:	Nicholas J. Pace

		Name: Nicholas J. Pace
		Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary