UNICARE Life & Health Company
CARE Life & Health Company is an operating affiliate of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. (NYSE: WLP). Based in Indiana, WellPoint is the fifth largest publicly traded health benefits company in the United States.
In fact, since 1995, UNICARE Life & Health Company has been the brand name for most of the WellPoint businesses operated outside of California.
UNICARE Life & Health Company provides managed care and specialty healthcare services throughout the United States. It serves more than two million people with a comprehensive array of open access healthcare plans.
The company’s strategy is to offer a diversified mix of traditional managed care products while developing an array of new “hybrid” plans. These are intended to combine the best characteristics of traditional managed care models and traditional open access models.
Members who need more care are encouraged to select an intensively managed healthcare plans, while members who need less care are encouraged to select a plan which provides greater control of care and access in exchange for additional cost-maintenance measures.
WellPoint was named Fortune magazine's most admired healthcare company for an astounding five years in a row: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.