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WellPoint Inc. (WLP) is in the Health Care Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $61.1B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $3.3B
- Market Cap
- Jul 23 2008
- $54.4M
Latest News and Analysis
WellPoint, Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
WellPoint, Inc. WLP Q2 2008 Earnings Call
Earnings Preview: Wellpoint
Wellpoint WLP is expected to report Q2 earnings before market open Wednesday July 23, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am ET. Guidance Analysts are expecting a profit of $1.36 on revenue of $15.61B. The consensus range for EPS is $1.30 to $1.44 with a revenue range $15.26B to...
Health Insurers Seek Rebound After Brutal First Half
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurers will need to show some signs of stability when they report second-quarter earnings, beginning on Tuesday, if they are to lure back investors to their beaten-down stocks. Overall, the managed health-care group is expected...
Five Strategies to Survive the Markets
Glenn Rogers submits: Are we having fun yet? These last few weeks have been about as difficult a period as I can remember for trying to make money in the stock market, whether your view is short or long term. Nothing much has been working. Even the energy stocks have...
Managed Care Industry: Positioned for Growth
Zacks.com submits: We are always very interested in emerging market trends as we look into the future, and healthcare seems to be one industry on the rise. Joined by Zacks senior analyst Chris Kallos, we talked about a couple of the major healthcare companies on which he has...
WellPoint Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
WellPoint Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
WellPoint Inc Guidance Call Transcript
WellPoint Inc Guidance Call Transcript
WellPoint Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
WellPoint Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
WellPoint Incorporated Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
WellPoint Incorporated Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
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Highline Data Analysis Shows Revenue for Health Insurance Industry Groups Grew in 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Total Revenue for the five largest health insurance industry groups increased by an average of 6.3 percent in 2007, according to an analysis by Highline Data. The Health Industry Group Report compared the statutory financial state of 110 health industry groups...
WellPoint Partners With CareNex Health Services to Expand Its Neonatal Intensive Care Services Program
INDIANAPOLIS, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc., today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership position with CareNex Health Services to help promote quality care and service for infants experiencing clinically-complex health issues, and their families. WellPoint is currently partnering with CareNex to expand its affiliated health...
WellPoint Foundation Supports National Program Focused on Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Grant designed to develop framework for adoption nationwide INDIANAPOLIS, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint Foundation, LLC, a private, non-profit organization wholly funded by WellPoint, Inc., today announced that it has awarded a $95,000 grant to the National Partnership for Women & Families National Partnership. The grant is...
Study Measures Real-World Comparative Effectiveness of Asthma Controller Medications
WellPoint's Health Outcomes Subsidiary HealthCore Finds Optimal Outcomes Can Be Achieved Through Compliant Use of Orally Administered Controllers INDIANAPOLIS, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Compliance with inhaled medications for asthma can improve clinical outcomes, as measured by reduced emergency room visits and inpatient hospitalizations, according to a retrospective...
Gates optimistic that Iraq troop cutbacks will continue
WASHINGTON AFP — US Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed optimism Tuesday that US troop cutbacks will continue in Iraq, saying the transition of control to Iraqi security forces was going well. "As the Iraqi security forces get stronger and get better then we will be able to continue...
Warner Pacific Enters into an Agreement with CIMS
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Warner Pacific Insurance Services, a top producing general agency for many of the nation's largest health insurance carriers, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire select Comprehensive Integrated Marketing Services' CIMS non-WellPoint carrier contracts. CIMS is a leading full service general agency...
National BDPA and WorkplaceDiversity.com Announce Winners of the 2008 Best Companies for Blacks In Technology Award
Premier Organization for African Americans in IT and Leading Diversity Job Board Recognize Best Companies for Blacks in Technology LARGO, Md. and PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The National BDPA, Black Data Processing Associates (http://www.bdpa.org/), and WorkplaceDiversity.com (http://www.workplacediversity.com/), the source for diversity talent, announced Allstate Insurance,...
WellPoint to Cover Rotarix® Vaccine
INDIANAPOLIS, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. announced today that, effective immediately, it will cover the rotavirus vaccine, RotarixR, designed to prevent a virus which causes vomiting and diarrhea in infants and children. This decision to cover RotarixR, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, is based on formal recommendations...
WellPoint's Member Health Index Shows Improvement in the Quality of Health Care Received
INDIANAPOLIS, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. , the nation's largest health benefits company, announced it successfully met its goal of improving the quality of health care its members receive, as measured by its Member Health Index MHI in the first year of the MHI program. Launched in 2007,...
WellPoint Foundation Provides $10,000 to Aid in Relief Efforts in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The WellPoint Foundation, a private, non-profit organization wholly funded by WellPoint, Inc., the parent company of UniCare Health Plan of Kansas, Inc. UniCare, is providing a $10,000 grant to the American Red Cross North Central Kansas to aid in the recovery efforts following...
WellPoint to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Second Quarter Results On July 23, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. will release second quarter 2008 financial results on July 23, 2008, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time EDT. Management will review these results and its outlook during a conference call at 8:30 a.m. EDT that same morning. The conference call should...
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- Incorporated: 2001
- CEO: Ms. Angela F. Braly
WellPoint is a health benefits company, serving 34.8 million medical members at Dec 31 2007. Co. is also an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent health benefit plans. Co. provides network-based managed care plans, including preferred provider organizations; health maintenance organizations; point-of-service plans; traditional indemnity plans and other hybrid plans; hospital only and limited benefit products. Co. also provides managed care services to self-funded customers; and an array of specialty and other products and services including life and disability insurance benefits, pharmacy benefit management, and specialty pharmacy.
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WellPoint Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Larry C. Glasscock
Chairman
Ms. Julie A. Hill
Mr. Ramiro G. Peru
Ms. Sheila P. Burke
Mr. Victor S. Liss
Dr. Jane G. Pisano Ph.D.
Mr. George A. Schaefer Jr.
Ms. Jacquelyn M. Ward
Mr. John E. Zuccotti
Ms. Angela F. Braly
Mr. William H.T. Bush
Mr. Warren Y. Jobe
Mr. William G. Mays
Senator Donald W Riegle Jr.
Mr. William J. Ryan
Dr. Lenox D. Baker Jr., M.D
Ms. Susan B. Bayh
Contact Information
120 Monument Circle
Indianapolis, IN
317 488-6000