WellPoint Named to 2009 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators
17 Septiembre 2009 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
WellPoint recognized for its work to streamline administration
between health plans and health care providers INDIANAPOLIS, Sept.
17 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE:WLP) announced today that
it has been selected for the 2009 InformationWeek 500, an annual
listing of the nation's most innovative users of business
technology. This is WellPoint's first year on the list.
"WellPoint's inclusion in the 2009 InformationWeek 500 validates
many of the innovations we are implementing to simplify the
connection between health, care and value for our members and their
health care providers," said Lori Beer, executive vice president
and chief information officer for WellPoint. "This includes our
partnership with Availity, LLC, which simplifies many aspects of
health care administration for providers." As the partnership with
Availity is implemented, physicians can use a single Web-based
application to process their claims for WellPoint-affiliated health
plans alongside claims for other plans. The savings of time and
money for providers, members and customers reflects WellPoint's
commitment to manage administrative costs throughout the health
care system. "Every penny saved on forms, phone calls, claims and
benefit administration is money that can be invested in innovative
products and services that improve the health of our members,"
added Beer. "For more than 20 years, the InformationWeek 500 has
honored the most innovative users of business technology," said
InformationWeek Editor-in-Chief Rob Preston. "Year after year,
InformationWeek 500 companies harness technology to improve
efficiency, boost productivity, drive revenue, and establish a
competitive advantage. We applaud this year's winners as well as
the CIOs and other executives whose ingenuity and risk taking are
at the center of business technology innovation." InformationWeek
identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of
information technology with its annual 500 listing, now in its 21st
year, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments and
administrative practices of America's best-known companies. The
InformationWeek 500 rankings are unique among corporate rankings as
they spotlight the power of innovation in information technology,
rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders. Additional
details about the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at
http://www.informationweek.com/iw500/. About WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint works to simplify the connection between Health, Care and
Value. We help to improve the health of our communities, deliver
better care to members, and provide greater value to our customers
and shareholders. WellPoint is the nation's largest health benefits
company, with more than 34 million members in its affiliated health
plans. As an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association, WellPoint serves members as the Blue Cross licensee
for California; the Blue Cross 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 10
New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue
Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected upstate
counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia
suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through UniCare.
Additional information about WellPoint is available at
http://www.wellpoint.com/. About InformationWeek Business
Technology Network (http://www.informationweek.com/) The
InformationWeek Business Technology Network provides IT executives
with unique analysis and tools that parallel their work flow - from
the defining and framing of objectives through to the evaluation
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scales across the most critical technology categories with online
properties like DarkReading.com (security),
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Computing (networking and communications) and PlugintotheCloud.com
(cloud computing). The network also provides focused content for
key IT targets such as CIOs, developers and SMBs with Dr. Dobb's
InformationWeek Global CIO and bMighty.com, as well as vital
vertical industries with InformationWeek Financial Services,
Government and Healthcare. With content at the nucleus of our
information distribution strategy, IT professionals turn to our
network of expert voices, research and communities to stay
informed, get advice, and research technologies to make strategic
business decisions. DATASOURCE: WellPoint, Inc. CONTACT: Investor
Relations, Michael Kleinman, +1-317-488-6713, or Media, Todd
Siesky, +1-317-488-6548, both of WellPoint, Inc. Web Site:
http://www.wellpoint.com/
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