WellCare Health Plans 10-Q 2008 Q1 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-Q”), I, Heath Schiesser, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 2, 2009	/s/ Heath Schiesser
	Heath Schiesser, President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)