HealthLink, Inc. is a for-profit managed care organization that conducts business in the states of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Iowa and Arkansas. HealthLink is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and employs approximately 600 associates. The company was founded in January, 1985 by a consortium of Greater Metropolitan St. Louis hospitals. In August, 1995 HealthLink was acquired by RightCHOICE Managed Care. In October, 2001 WellPoint Health Networks, one of the nation's largest publicly traded health care companies, and RightCHOICE signed a definitive agreement to merge. On January 31, 2002 HealthLink, Inc. joined the WellPoint family of companies.