The BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia operation in Columbus is well positioned for growth whether or not the health-care insurer’s parent firm, Anthem, completes its $54 billion mega-merger with Cigna later this year, said Jeff Fusile, president of the Georgia company.

“Because this facility is performing so well and is the prototype for the rest of the country — and Cigna would be the biggest piece of growth on the horizon — there will be a lot more opportunity for us here in Columbus to hire and to grow, and to potentially look at down the road leveraging that opportunity to build a new building,” said Fusile, who took the helm of BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia about six months ago.

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