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Ohio Anthem Customers Can Enroll Online
CINCINNATI -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield customers now can enroll in their health care benefits online. The new capabilities make enrolling easy for employees and individuals and allow employers to streamline their work, lower administrative costs, and save time, according to Chuck Slater, vice president and general manager for Anthem in Ohio.Web enrollment is available to new groups with more than 51 employees and for individuals looking for health benefits coverage. Using Web enrollment, customers can:Work at their own pace. Information is automatically saved, so customers don't have to complete their applications in one sitting.Manage benefits online. Upon completing enrollment, employees gain automatic access to MyAnthem, allowing them to take almost immediate advantage of a full range of online services. Those who enroll in individual health care coverage will need to register for MyAnthem after their policy is issued.Using Web enrollment, benefit administrators can:Reduce paperwork and streamline enrollment.Eliminate delays. Employees can't complete the electronic applications until all required fields are filled out, helping remove delays due to insufficient information.Simplify management. Applications can be reviewed and submitted quickly.MyAnthem features Subimo's PharmaAdvisor, which allows members to obtain information about more than 11,000 drugs, including comparisons, side effects and interactions; Subimo's Healthcare Advisor, an interactive program that allows members to compare hospitals and learn more information about medical treatments; myhealth@anthem, a medically certified health and wellness information resource; specialoffers@anthem, a program that offers discounts on health and wellness products and services; and provider directories, which make searching for physicians and other health care professionals an easy process.Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is a subsidiary of WellPoint Inc.VisitAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield: http://anthem.com"