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 22, 2016 (August 17, 2016)

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.

Effective August 17, 2016, Dr. Mohit Kaushal was elected to the Universal American Corp. board of directors.  Dr. Kaushal is an experienced healthcare investor and is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and a Scholar in Residence at the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy. Dr. Kaushal previously served in the Obama administration as a member of the Health IT task force.  Dr. Kaushal holds a MBA from Stanford University and an MD with distinction from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London, England.

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:  August 22, 2016

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