WellPoint, Inc., the parent company of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia, is the largest publicly traded commercial health benefits company in terms of membership in the United States.  WellPoint, Inc. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and serves its 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield in 10 New York City metropolitan counties and as Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 .

For more information on Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia, please visit http://www.anthem.com and choose "Virginia."