WellPoint’s National Government Services Subsidiary Wins Jurisdiction 6 Medicare Administrative Contract

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) announced
today that its subsidiary, National Government Services, Inc. (NGS), has been
awarded the Jurisdiction 6 (J6) A/B Medicare Administrative Contract (MAC) by
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Under this contract, NGS will process Medicare claims and provide benefit
administration related services for all Part A and Part B providers in the
states of Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin as well as the Home Health and
Hospice (HH+H) workload for Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam,
Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Northern
Mariana Islands, Oregon, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Wisconsin, and
Washington.

The contract includes a base year and four one-year option periods. The total
value of the contract, including all option periods, is estimated at $273
million. If all options are exercised, CMS estimates that the J6 A/B MAC will
process and pay more than 477 million Medicare claims over the five-year period.

“This award is an important signal of CMS’ continuing confidence in National
Government Services and a key step in our efforts to further grow our business,”
stated NGS president Sandra Miller. “We look forward to serving the needs of
providers and beneficiaries in Jurisdiction 6.”

About WellPoint, Inc.

WellPoint works to simplify the connection between Health, Care and Value. We
help to improve the health of our members and our communities, and provide
greater value to our customers and shareholders. WellPoint is the nation’s
largest health benefits company in terms of medical membership, with 34 million
members in its affiliated health plans, and a total of more than 69 million
individuals served through its subsidiaries. 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.), and Wisconsin. In a majority of these service areas,
WellPoint’s plans do business as Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue
Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, or
Empire Blue Cross (in the New York service areas). WellPoint also serves
customers throughout the country as UniCare. Additional information about
WellPoint is available at www.wellpoint.com.

About National Government Services, Inc.

National Government Services, Inc. contracts with the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services to administer Medicare Part A (hospital insurance), home
health and hospice, national FQHC and Part B (medical insurance) contracts and
the Jurisdiction B durable medical equipment Medicare administrative contract,
serving nearly 160,000 providers and suppliers, and over 22 million people with
Medicare in 18 states and five U.S. Territories. National Government Services is
a subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. and has served as a Medicare contractor since
1966.

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