Affordable, Flexible Vision Coverage With Access to More than 1,350 Blue View
Provider and Provider Locations in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE – November 26, 2007 – Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin (Anthem) is now offering an affordable and flexible Blue View Vision plan, with access to more than 44,000 provider locations nationally and more than 1,350 in Wisconsin. Blue View Vision is now available to Wisconsin businesses with 2 or more employees.
The Anthem Blue View Vision network includes ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians. In addition to private practitioners, Anthem Blue View Vision’s broad national network includes retailers like LensCrafters(R), Target Optical, JCPenney Optical, Sears Optical and Pearle Vision locations. “When employees get the vision care they need, productivity increases. And when vision care is covered by Anthem’s Blue View Vision (SM) plan, employees can get quality care quickly and conveniently,” said Steve Martenet, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin.
Anthem Blue View Vision members are entitled to a number of important benefits and discounts on products and services. These include comprehensive eye examinations and coverage for lenses and frames or contact lenses. Members also enjoy additional anytime savings of up to 40 percent on purchases of extra pairs of eyewear, conventional contact lenses, lens treatments, specialized lenses and other non-covered items, even after they’ve exhausted their covered benefits. With many provider locations open evenings and weekends, members have greater flexibility and convenience when scheduling appointments. In addition, Blue View Vision customer service is available seven days a week to handle any member vision inquiries.
As the work force ages, Anthem’s Blue View Vision coverage can help to maintain employee productivity. The National Eye Institute estimates that more than 38 million Americans age 40 and older experience blindness, low vision or an age-related eye disease, such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma or cataracts.
“An eye exam is one of the best forms of preventive medicine today. An integrated health benefits plan that includes medical and vision coverage provides consumers with important preventative services with a focus on overall well-being and good health,” said Derek Bridges, president of Anthem Vision. “Anthem offers employers a single source for a comprehensive, competitive total insurance package that can help them to recruit engage and retain employees.”
In Wisconsin, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is the trade name used by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin (“BCBSWi”) and Compcare Health Services Insurance Corporation (“Compcare”), independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is one of the largest health insurers in the state. BCBSWi and Compcare are subsidiaries of WellPoint, Inc. WellPoint, Inc. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and serves its 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield in 10 New York City metropolitan counties and as Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is available at www.wellpoint.com.
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Jerry Slowey Jill Becher
(805) 557-6754 (262) 523-4764
jerry.slowey@wellpoint.com jill.becher@anthem.com
PRNewswire — Nov. 26
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Source: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin
