WellPoint, Inc. At a Glance
WellPoint’s health benefits operations include Anthem Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield plans serving members in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia; and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield in New York. We also serve members across the nation through UniCare.
Our Health Plan Customers
WellPoint’s subsidiary health plans have among the most diverse customer bases in the industry. The chart here shows the diversity of our 34.8 million medical members, as of December 31, 2007.
•Individual
Individual customers under age 65 and their covered dependents.
•Local Group
Employer customers with fewer than 1,000 employees eligible to participate as a member in one of our health plans. Also includes customers with 1,000 or more eligible employees with fewer than 5 percent of eligible employees located outside of the health plan’s headquarters state.
•National Accounts
Generally administrative services only (ASO) multi-state employer customers primarily headquartered in a WellPoint service area with 1,000 or more eligible employees, with 5 percent or more eligible employees located in a service area outside of the health plan’s headquarters state.
•Senior
Medicare-eligible individual members age 65 and over who have enrolled in Medicare Advantage, a managed care alternative for the Medicare program, or who have purchased Medicare Supplement benefit coverage.
•State-Sponsored
Eligible members with state-sponsored managed care alternatives for the Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance programs that we manage.
•BlueCard®
Enrollees of Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield plans not owned by WellPoint, who receive health care services in our BCBSA-licensed markets.
•Federal Employee Program
United States government employees and their dependents within our geographic markets through our participation in the national contract between the BCBSA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Specialty Products and Services
WellPoint’s subsidiary health plans offer a full range of specialty products and services to our customers, such as:
Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) NextRx, the nation’s fourth-largest PBM, processed approximately 391 million prescriptions in 2007. PrecisionRx Specialty Solutions serves members with special pharmaceutical needs.
Dental WellPoint’s affiliated health plans offer access to one of the nation’s largest dental networks.
Vision With more than 2.4 million members, WellPoint’s affiliated health plans offer access to one of the largest vision networks in the United States.
Behavioral Health WellPoint’s affiliated health plans offer access to one of the largest behavioral health networks.
Life and Disability* With more than 89,000 group customers and 5.6 million members, WellPoint’s affiliated life companies collectively compose the fourteenth-largest group life carrier in the country. WellPoint companies also comprise the nation’s largest group life insurance carrier in the under-100 employees market.
* Each affiliated life company is a separate, independent legal entity for financial purposes and is solely responsible for its own contractual obligations and liabilities.
Other Subsidiaries
WellPoint has other subsidiaries providing a variety of products and services:
National Government Services administers government health benefits programs, primarily Medicare. WellPoint is the nation’s largest Medicare contractor, handling more than 208 million Medicare claims in 2007.
The Health Management Corporation is a leader in health improvement programs and the management of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, asthma, and coronary artery disease.
HealthCore employs a staff of health care experts who analyze years of patient data (with no personal identifiers) representing millions of lives. Their research provides important evidence that supports our quality of care initiatives and advances clinical knowledge.
American Imaging Management (AIM), acquired in 2007, is a leading radiology benefit management and technology company.
Social Responsibility
Our corporate foundations have net assets of nearly $173 million, ranking them among the nation’s top corporate foundations.
The WellPoint Foundations paid out approximately $18.8 million in grants in 2007.
WellPoint’s Associate Giving Campaign pledged a total of $23 million to community causes through its matching grant program.
WellPoint has created or funded independent charitable foundations in many states we serve.
WellPoint’s Social Responsibility Report is available online at www.wellpoint.com.