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WellPoint: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Consumer
would help ensure the appropriate use of
this expensive technology. Our radiology
management programs have significantly
reduced the use of this imaging, and
physicians surveyed have indicated a high
level of satisfaction with the program.
Another way we are helping to hold
down premiums is by fighting health care
fraud, which was estimated at $90 billion
nationwide in 2004. Anthem Blue Cross
and Blue Shield’s Fraud and Abuse
Awareness Training program, Web-based
instruction for associates on how to
recognize and respond to health care
fraud, was recognized with a BlueWorks
award in 2005.
services and support
We also help consumers and employers
hold down the cost of health care by pro-
viding a full range of services and support.
In addition to medical benefits,
WellPoint offers a broad portfolio of
specialty products such as dental and
vision benefits, and life and disability
insurance. We offer employers the
administrative savings of dealing with a
single source for all their benefit needs.
With our national reach, we are
also positioned to provide convenient,
economical benefits solutions to national
accounts — large, multi-state employers.
We offer the most recognized brand in
health care and, through the proven
BlueCard network, access to 738,000
providers nationwide.
We also offer programs to help
members take steps to improve their
own health. This not only helps them feel
better, but also helps them hold down
their health care costs. For example,
Anthem Rewards is an online health and
fitness incentive program that rewards
members for maintaining a regular rou-
tine of physical activity.
*Gross Domestic Product
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary
projected health care cost increases
health care cost
increases are
unsustainable
If health care spending continues
to increase at the current rate it
will double in 10 years. By 2015,
per capita health care spending
is projected to exceed $12,000,
and one in every five dollars
spent in the United States will
go to health care.