Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Health Insurance, Managed Health Care |
Founded | 1994 1996 (as Amerigroup) | (as AMERICAID Community Care)
Headquarters | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
Key people | Peter D. Haytaian, Executive Vice President, Government Business Division, Anthem, Inc. |
Products | Publicly funded health care program management |
Number of employees | 10,000+ (2020) |
Parent | Elevance Health Inc. |
Website | www.amerigroup.com/ |
Amerigroup is an American health insurance and managed health care provider. Amerigroup covers 7.7 million seniors, people with disabilities, low-income families and other state and federally sponsored beneficiaries, and federal employees in 26 states, making it the nation's largest provider of health care for public programs.[1] In July 2023, it was announced that Amerigroup's name would change to Wellpoint in six states beginning in January 2024.[2][3]