Jason Dunn
01-14-2004, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.wellpoint.com/xml/c_newsreleasetext.asp?REQID=484649&sd=20040000' target='_blank'>http://www.wellpoint.com/xml/c_news...649&sd=20040000</a><br /><br /></div>"WellPoint, the nation's second largest health insurer, today announced a technology initiative to help physicians improve patient care, achieve greater efficiency and realize cost savings for America's health care system. This initiative provides almost 19,000 contracting network physicians in California, Georgia, Missouri and Wisconsin with new technologies designed to enhance the quality of patient care, reduce administrative costs and improve physician communications with patients and pharmacists. The total retail value of the program is approximately $40 million."