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Proposed improvements

Hello! As noted on my profile, my name is Clay and I work for Stagwell which has Elevance Health as a client. I'm here on Wikipedia to submit small edits but use "Talk" pages for assistance and editor discussion.

Add Subsidiaries section

  • Issue: Having all past and present acquisitions, subsidiaries and brand name changes listed only within the History section makes it hard to know what the current subsidiaries are.
  • Request: adding major subsidiaries to the Infobox + a new page section for Subsidiaries
  • Source: I can list the sources I cite below as a bulleted list, but I have written and marked up what I feel is concise version of what this Subsidiaries section could be:
===Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield===
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield offers individual & family, Medicare, small business, dental and vision insurance plans [1] in 14 states (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin). [2] In January 2023, Elevance announced the intended purchase of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. Louisiana would become the 15th state where Anthem Blue Cross health insurance will be sold. [3]
===Wellpoint===
In 2004, WellPoint Health Networks and Anthem merged. [4] The parent company originally assumed the name WellPoint before changing its corporate name to Anthem in December 2014. [5] In June 2022, Elevance Health announced Wellpoint as a subsidiary brand to offer Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial health plans across markets that are not part of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. [6] On January 1, 2023, Amerigroup Maryland became the first provider to be re-branded as Wellpoint. [7]
===Carelon===
Carelon was launched in June 2022 to include pharmacy benefit manager Ingenio Rx (since re-branded CarelonRX [8]), behavioral health provider Beacon Health Options, myNEXUS home healthcare, [9] and other brands focused on medical benefits management, palliative care, and healthcare technology. [10]
===Amerigroup===
Founded in 1994, [11] Amerigroup provides Medicaid, Medicare, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), long-term care health insurance, and managed health care. [12]
===DeCare Dental===
Manages PPO and indemnity dental plans for approximately 4.6 million individuals in the United States and Europe. The company's subsidiary DeCare Dental Networks manages 10 direct dental networks in the US and abroad. [13]
===HealthLink===
Provides network rental and administrative services to employers, unions, governmental subdivisions, schools, and insurance companies. [12]
===Health Sun===
A licensed as a health maintenance organization doing business in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Broward County, Florida. [14]
===MMM===
A HMO plan with a Medicare contract operating in Puerto Rico. [12]
===National Government Services, Inc.===
Provides digital modernization, security, and business process solutions to federal healthcare agencies. [15]
===Simply Heathcare Plans===
Medicaid and Medicare managed care company covering the state of Florida. [12]
===Unicare===
UniCare offers dental, vision, life, disability and state-sponsored health care plans. [12]
===Wellpoint Military Care===
Provides military and veteran health programs. [12]
 Not done: Not enough content to justify individual subsections, see MOS:OVERSECTION. Throast {{ping}} me! ( talk | contribs) 17:04, 24 June 2023 (UTC) reply
Thank you for your consideration. I applied sectioning not considering rules on what warrants section markup vs. another format like a bulleted list or a simple series of sentences within an existing section. My overall intent is to provide clarity around Elevance Health's subsidiaries and I didn't see how that helpful info could be entered in under an existing header like History or Quality of care. If you agree that having a brief list of Elevance Health's subsidiaries is, indeed, helpful to readers, what section would you recommend using to add the list (as a bulleted list?) Jclayc ( talk) 18:06, 27 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Add to Quality of care section

  • Issue: No recent info
  • Request: add recent, notable accreditation reference to the current Quality of Care section
  • Source: HealthLeadersMedia, but I have written and marked up what I feel is concise version of this additional sentence could be:
In 2022, twenty-one of Elevance Health's affiliated Medicaid plans earned accreditation for health equity from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). [16]
 Done. Throast {{ping}} me! ( talk | contribs) 17:04, 24 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Add Community involvement section

  • Issue: while I realize the Controversies section has a note about 2007 committed vs. actual donations, there are many examples of actual donations that have benefited notable organizations, as cited by noteworthy references
  • Request: add a new section for Charitable donations
  • Source: I can list the sources I cite below as a bulleted list, but I have written and marked up what I feel is concise version of what this Community involvement section could be:
Through the Elevance Health Foundation, the company builds partnerships and funds programs that seek to aid the health of socially vulnerable populations within the United States. [17] Since its creation, the organization has awarded $280 million dollars [17] to local and national organizations such as The American Red Cross, [18] American Heart Association [19] and the Feeding America network. [20]
 Not done: Sources are subpar. Info is largely based on the foundation itself (non-independent) and press releases (promotional). Throast {{ping}} me! ( talk | contribs) 17:04, 24 June 2023 (UTC) reply
reply comment made below Jclayc ( talk) 22:02, 13 September 2023 (UTC) reply

@ Throast: Thank you for your guidance. Looking for independent and non-promotional sources, I believe I found several that qualify such as these by The Atlanta Voice [21], Bristol Herald Courier [22], Health Payer Intelligence [23] and by Sinclair's WCYB news site [24]. If including this as a section named community involvement is not the appropriate way to include this, perhaps a Foundations section such as seen on the UnitedHealth Group page is the more objective way to call out that Elevance Health has foundations that make help communities. Jclayc ( talk) 22:01, 13 September 2023 (UTC) reply

Add Awards section

  • Issue: noteworthy awards missing from page
  • Request: add a new section for Awards
  • Source: I can list the sources I cite below as a bulleted list, but I have written and marked up what I feel is concise version of what this Awards section could be:
 Partly done: Some awards are non-notable or supported only by non-independent sources. Throast {{ping}} me! ( talk | contribs) 17:04, 24 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Add to Categories section

  • Issue: useful categories are missing
  • Request: add categories to existing Categories section
  • Source: n/a
Category:Health maintenance organizations
Category:Medicare and Medicaid (United States)
Category:Dental companies of the United States
Category:Pharmacy benefit management companies based in the United States
Category:American companies established in 1946
 Done. Throast {{ping}} me! ( talk | contribs) 17:04, 24 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Thank you for your consideration! Jclayc ( talk) 14:43, 2 March 2023 (UTC) reply

References

  1. ^ "Blue Cross Blue Shield Vs Anthem: How to Choose". eHealthInsurance Services, Inc. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Anthem Health Plans". Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Bruce Japsen (January 23, 2023). "Elevance Health To Buy Louisiana Blue Cross Plan". forbes.com. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  4. ^ "Anthem, Wellpoint complete $16.5 billion merger". NBC News. Associated Press. December 1, 2004.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference changes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Anthem (ANTM) Unveils Two Brands to Boost Whole Person Health". Zacks.com. June 16, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "Amerigroup Maryland is Now Wellpoint" (Press release). Business Wire. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  8. ^ Bruce Japsen (Jun 15, 2022). "As Anthem Rebrands To Elevance, Healthcare Services To Be Named 'Carelon'". forbes.com. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  9. ^ Paige Minemyer (Jun 15, 2022). "Anthem launches Carelon, Wellpoint ahead of Elevance Health rebrand". carelon.com. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "Carelon About Us". carelon.com. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  11. ^ Deb Gordon (June 2, 2022). "Amerigroup Medicare Review". Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Other Health Plans and Companies". elevancehealth.com. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  13. ^ "Decare Dental, LLC Company Profile". Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  14. ^ "About HealthSun". HealthSun Health Plans. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  15. ^ "Who We Are". National Government Services. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  16. ^ Jay Asser (November 30, 2022). "Elevance Health Medicaid Plans Earn NCQA Health Equity Accreditation". HealthLeaders. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Elevance Health Foundation". Elevance Health Foundation. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  18. ^ "Celebrating Corporations and Organizations That Help Keep the American Red Cross Disaster-Ready". The American Red Cross. September 13, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  19. ^ "Hands-Only CPR". American Heart Association. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  20. ^ Mary Roberts (September 14, 2022). "Elevance Health Foundation awards $23M for food as medicine programs". Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  21. ^ Toni Odejimi (June 27, 2022). "Everyone Eats Foundation partners with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield". The Atlanta Voice. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  22. ^ David McGee (July 26, 2023). "Anthem grant funds expanded services for students". Bristol Herald Courier. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  23. ^ Mark Melchionna (May 31, 2022). "Anthem Foundation Funds Substance Use Disorder Programs". TechTarget, Inc. Xtelligent Healthcare Media. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  24. ^ Ashley Hoak (July 25, 2023). "Anthem foundation donates $750,000 to boost mental health support in Southwest Virginia schools". Sinclair, Inc. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  25. ^ Jakob Emerson (December 19, 2022). "4 payers named corporate sustainability leaders, per S&P Dow Jones". Becker's Payer Issues. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  26. ^ Rylee Wilson (January 17, 2023). "Payers top rankings for corporate citizenship in healthcare". Becker's Payer Issues. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  27. ^ Herbst, Diane; Walters, David (August 31, 2022). "PEOPLE's 100 Companies that Care 2022: Meet the Employers Putting Their Communities First". People.com. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  28. ^ "100 Best Companies to Work For Elevance Health". Forbes. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  29. ^ "2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index" (PDF). Bloomberg. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  30. ^ "21 payers named best places to work for LGBTQ+ equality". Becker's Payer Issues. October 26, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  31. ^ "2023 Military Friendly Employers". Military Friendly®. Retrieved March 2, 2023.

What is the carelon global solutions

What is the carelon global solutions 2409:4050:2E33:5ADB:D004:8397:D398:FB6C ( talk) 03:50, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply