WellPoint Inc
(NYSE: WLP)
| Exchange: | NYSE |
| Stock: | WellPoint, Inc. |
| Industry: | Health Care Plans |
| Employees: | 43,500 |
| WellPoint, Inc. (WellPoint) is a health benefit company in terms of medical membership in the United States, serving 34.3 million medical members through its affiliated health plans and a total of 65.3 million individuals through all subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011. The Company manages its operations through three segments: Commercial, Consumer, and Other. The Company is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), an association of independent health benefit plans. The Company offers a spectrum of network-based managed care plans to the large and small employer, individual, Medicaid and senior markets. Its managed care plans include preferred provider organizations (PPOs); health maintenance organizations (HMOs); point-of-service plans (POS) plans; traditional indemnity plans and other hybrid plans. In June 2012, the Company acquired 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc. In December 2012, WellPoint acquired AMERIGROUP Corp. |
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