WellPoint to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss First Quarter Results on...

WellPoint to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss First Quarter Results
on April 22, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP)
will release first quarter 2009 financial results on April 22, 2009, at 6:00
a.m. Eastern Daylight Time ("EDT"). Management will review these results and
its outlook during a conference call at 8:30 a.m. EDT that same morning. The
conference call should be accessed at least 15 minutes prior to its start with
the following numbers:
888-423-3268 (Domestic) 800-475-6701 (Domestic Replay)
651-291-5254 (International) 320-365-3844 (International Replay)

An access code is not required for the April 22, 2009, conference call. The
access code for the replay is 977146. The replay will be available from 1:45
p.m. EDT on April 22, 2009, until the end of the day on May 6, 2009. The call
will also be available through a live webcast at www.wellpoint.com under
"Investor Info." A webcast replay will be available following the call.

About WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint is committed to improving the lives of the people we serve and the
health of our communities by simplifying the connection between health, care
and value. Our goal is to help shape the impact each health care decision has
on individuals, the health care system at-large, and our communities.
WellPoint's more than 42,000 associates work every day to help create the best
health care value for our customers. Through collaborations with providers and
with innovative programs, WellPoint's affiliated health plans reward healthy
lifestyles and quality, safe and effective care. As the nation's largest
health benefits company, with approximately 35 million members in its
affiliated health plans, WellPoint is at the center of the health care system.
This position provides us with the relationships and insights needed to help
create affordable and actionable solutions that improve health care.

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.),
Wisconsin; and through UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is
available at www.wellpoint.com.

SOURCE WellPoint, Inc.

Investor Relations, Michael Kleinman, +1-317-488-6713; or, Media, Todd Siesky,
+1-317-488-6548