INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. announced today that senior management is scheduled to present at the 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 12, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time).
WellPoint, Inc. is scheduled to release earnings results for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2008, on January 28, 2009. WellPoint, Inc. is currently in a quiet period prior to this scheduled earnings release, and therefore management will not be discussing earnings projections at the conference.
All interested parties are invited to listen to a webcast of the presentation by visiting http://www.wellpoint.com/ and selecting the "Investor Info" link. Following the presentation, a webcast replay will be available at http://www.wellpoint.com/ for two weeks.
To listen to the live webcast, please visit WellPoint's website at least 15 minutes early to download and install any necessary audio software. Individuals who listen to the presentation will be presumed to have read WellPoint's most recent filings with the SEC, including but not limited to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2007, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the reporting periods of 2008.
About WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint is committed to improving the lives and health of the people and communities we serve by simplifying the connection between health, care and value. Our goal is to help shape the impact each health care decision has on individuals, the health care system at-large, and our communities. WellPoint's more than 42,000 associates work every day to help create the best health care value for our customers. Through collaborations with providers and with innovative programs, WellPoint's affiliated health plans reward healthy lifestyles and quality, safe and effective care. As the nation's largest health benefits company, with more than 35 million members in its affiliated health plans, WellPoint is at the center of the health care system. This position provides us with the relationships and insights needed to help create affordable 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 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.
Health. Care. Value. Additional information about WellPoint is available at http://www.wellpoint.com/.
