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):  May 8, 2015 (May 5, 2015)

UNIVERSAL AMERICAN CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

44 South Broadway

White Plains, New York 10601

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(914) 934-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 5, 2015, Universal American Corp. (the “Company”) announced that Robert A. Waegelein, the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire effective May 31, 2015.  In addition, on May 5, 2015, the Company also announced that (i) Adam C. Thackery, age 43, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis since October 2008, will be appointed Chief Financial Officer, and (ii) David R. Monroe, age 53, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance since 2007, will be appointed Chief Accounting Officer, in each case effective on May 31, 2015.

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.

Dated:  May 8, 2015

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