WellPoint, Inc.

WellPoint, Inc.

The nation's largest health insurer, WellPoint is finding out what B. B. King already knows: Getting the blues ain't easy. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides health coverage, primarily under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield name, to more than 34 million medical members. It is a Blue Cross or BCBS licensee in 14 states and provides plans under the Unicare name in other parts of the country. WellPoint offers a broad range of managed care plans (including PPO, HMO, indemnity, and hybrid plans) to employers, individuals, and recipients of Medicare and Medicaid. It also provides administrative services (claims processing and underwriting) to self-insured groups and specialty insurance products.