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The healthcare needs of the members we serve are evolving dramatically at this critical moment in Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s 90-year history. Thanks to our state leaders’ diligence in making North Carolina an ideal place to live and work, more people are coming here every day. For today and tomorrow, we need a modern health care system that can support them.

The American Heart Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) are announcing the expansion of the Hair, Heart & Health barbershop and beauty salon hypertension initiative to Person, Caswell and Alamance...

Brevard, N.C. – Approximately 238,000 children in North Carolina are being raised by their grandparents or other relatives. Social service agencies increasingly turn first to kinship families when seeking placements for children, and many grandparents or...

Food is medicine. And now Blue Cross NC has the data to prove it. NEJM Catalyst shares our practical approach to addressing non-medical drivers of health by improving food security through direct food delivery and health coaching. Here are our full results:

On a recent episode of Xtelligent Healthcare Media's Healthcare Strategies podcast Stephen Friedhoff, senior vice president of health care services at Blue Cross NC, shares how insurers can use artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to give...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina hosted a mobile health event Wednesday at Wake Tech’s North Campus.

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has reported its 2022 year-end financials, a year in which it navigated market unpredictability and inflation. Increased focus on the company’s efforts to reduce costs and...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) filed a legal challenge on Thursday to the North Carolina State Health Plan’s decision to award the 2025-2027 contract for third-party administrative services to Aetna. The filing highlights the oversimplified and arbitrary bid process that resulted in a more expensive contract with a smaller network of providers.

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is supporting Triangle families this winter by launching a meal delivery program. In collaboration with more than a dozen community organizations, Blue Cross NC will leverage ...

Robeson Community College recently received a $242,690 grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to fund an all-new insurance pre-licensing program.