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WellPoint Receives Seven eHealthcare Leadership Awards

Thursday, January 8, 2009 General News
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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 8 WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP)has been honored with seven eHealthcare Leadership Awards for its, and itsaffiliated health plans', outstanding Web sites. The company's Careers atWellPoint site was honored with a Silver Award for Best Employee Recruitmentsite and the WellPoint Foundation's Web site received a Gold Award for BestSite Design. The Anthem.com site earned a Platinum Award for Best HealthcareContent for its MyHealth@Anthem demo; its OpenRoad site received a Gold Awardfor Best Site Design; and its Tonik site earned a Distinction Award for BestSite Design. UniCare.com also received two awards: a Gold Award for BestOverall Internet Site and a Silver Award for Best Healthcare Content.
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The eHealthcare Leadership Awards recognize the best sites in the healthcare industry. These Web sites were chosen based on the quality of their Webcontent, interactive features, business integration, ease of navigation, anduser experience. Strategic Health Care Communications, the publishers ofeHealthcare Strategy & Trends and Strategic Health Care Marketing, sponsorsthe annual awards program. The program attracted more than 1,100 entries.
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"We're proud of this recognition because we believe that well-designed Websites can help consumers quickly find the information they need to make betterhealth care decisions," said Chad Pomeroy, vice president, Innovation andeBusiness, for WellPoint. "We'll continue to create online tools and servicesthat help our customers manage their health online and add value to theirexperiences with us."

This leading awards program exclusively recognizes the very best Web sitesof health care providers, health plans, health care associations, onlinehealth companies, pharmaceutical/medical equipment firms, suppliers, otherhealth care organizations, and business improvement initiatives. The awardshighlight the Internet's role in achieving an organization's businessobjectives and recognize the hard work that has gone into creating outstandinghealth Web sites.

About WellPoint, Inc.

WellPoint is committed to improving the lives and health of the people andcommunities we serve by simplifying the connection between health, care andvalue. Our goal is to help shape the impact each health care decision has onindividuals, the health care system at-large, and our communities. WellPoint'smore than 42,000 associates work every day to help create the best health carevalue for our customers. Through collaborations with providers and withinnovative programs, WellPoint's affiliated health plans reward healthylifestyles and quality, safe and effective care. As the nation's largesthealth benefits company, with more than 35 million members in its affiliatedhealth plans, WellPoint is at the center of the health care system. Thisposition provides us with the relationships and insights needed to help createaffordable and actionable solutions that improve health care.

As an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association,WellPoint serves members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the BlueCross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana,Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area),Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross orBlue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected upstate counties only), Ohio,Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.),Wisconsin; and through UniCare.

Health. Care. Value. Additional information about WellPoint is availableat www.wellpoint.com.

SOURCE WellPoint, Inc.
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