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WellPoint, Inc. 2005 Summary Annual Report
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We’re offering more choices for seniors, including Medicare Part D prescription
drug coverage. As of January 2006, we are marketing Medicare products in all
50 states, and we expect between 1.5 million and 2.0 million Part D members this year.
achieving our vision of health care
During 2005, working with our Board of Directors, we finalized our WellPoint 2010
Strategy. Our vision for the future is that WellPoint will transform health care and
become the most valued health benefits company.
What will a transformed health care system look like in 2010? Consumers will have
access to affordable quality care, and we will reduce the number of uninsured Americans
through innovative new coverage options. Consumers will confidently navigate health
care. They will be able to choose from a wide array of products and select health care
services using meaningful price and quality information.
Physicians and hospitals will spend less time on administrative tasks, thanks to
advances in information technology, and medical errors will be reduced through
evidence-based medicine. And public health will improve through education and
incentives to help people lead healthier lifestyles and manage chronic diseases.
We believe that WellPoint can take a lead role in achieving this vision. Our strategy
is built on WellPoint’s distinctive strength: the combination of our national scale and
our local leadership in more places than any other health benefits company.
At the local level, our leading presence and large membership base position us to
work with health care professionals on initiatives to improve quality and affordability.
At the same time, our national scale creates opportunities to gain efficiencies by stan-
dardizing operational processes. In addition, as the nation’s leading health benefits
company, we can play a key role in advocating national health care policy and practices
to benefit consumers.
The combination of national scale and local leadership allows us to share best
practices — a program that is improving quality or reducing the cost of care, or a product
that is addressing an unmet need. We have created Centers of Business Excellence,
which focus on specific customer segments and bring together WellPoint experts from
across our regions, to provide a structure for exchanging knowledge and ideas.
closing thoughts
In closing, I want to welcome the 5,000 associates who joined us from WellChoice as
we ended 2005. And thanks to all 42,000 WellPoint associates for staying focused on
our customers in a time of rapid growth, integration and innovation.