Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Signs Agreement with State of Georgia

[Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia via BizWire]

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004--Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Georgia (BCBSGa) today announced a new administrative services
agreement to continue processing health benefit claims for Georgia's
Department of Community Health's State Health Benefit Plan and for the
University System of Georgia's Health Benefit Plan. BCBSGa currently
serves 394,000 members through the State Health Benefit Plan and
63,000 members through the University System of Georgia's Health
Benefit Plan.
Monye Connolly, General Manager for BCBSGa's State of Georgia
account, said, "We are proud and delighted to continue to serve their
health benefit needs. BCBSGa is honored that Georgia has relied upon
our dedicated customer service associates since 1977."
The new agreement is effective July 1, 2004 for the State Health
Benefit Plan and January 1, 2005 for the University System's Health
Benefit Plan. The agreement is for one year with three annual renewal
options.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia serves more than 3.1 million
medical members and is the oldest and largest health benefits company
in Georgia. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia is an operating
subsidiary of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. (NYSE:WLP), the nation's
second largest publicly traded health care company serving the health
care needs of more than 15.3 million medical members and approximately
46 million specialty members nationally. WellPoint offers a broad
spectrum of quality network-based health products including open
access PPO, POS and hybrid products, HMO and specialty products.
Specialty products include pharmacy benefit management, dental,
utilization management, vision, mental health, life and disability
insurance, long term care insurance, flexible spending accounts, COBRA
administration, and Medicare supplements. Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Georgia can be found on the web at www.bcbsga.com. Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Georgia is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Association.