WellPoint (WLP) to Acquire CareMore

June 8, 2011 9:30 AM EDT
WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) reports that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CareMore.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Streetinsider.com reported earlier that the deal may be valued at $800 million.

WellPoint expects the transaction to be neutral to earnings in 2012 and accretive in 2013 and beyond.

Closing is expected at the end of FY11.

CareMore is a senior focused health care delivery program that includes Medicare Advantage plans and clinics designed to deliver proactive, integrated, individualized health care in select California, Arizona and Nevada markets.


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