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DURHAM, N.C. – Reduced customer premiums and record-high medical expenses resulted in lower net income for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) in 2019. Membership grew to 3.81 million, up from 3.72 million in 2018. A key driver...

The American Heart Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) are launching a series of initiatives to improve heart health among at-risk populations in the Triad. The first took place Monday, Feb. 24 at The Hot Seat Salon at 206 Exchange Place in Greensboro.

On Thursday, Blue Cross NC announced an $8 million investment into eight programs that help people living in rural communities. Members of the health insurance company, state and local representatives and representatives of the the eight programs attended the announcement at the LeGrand Center in Shelby.

Greensboro, N.C. – The American Heart Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) are taking health care to local North Carolina communities, including area barbershops and beauty salons, through a series of unique...

Gray has been a central figure in bringing innovative contracting solutions to the state, including negotiated two-sided risk ACO contracts with more than half of the largest health systems in the state.

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), as part of its commitment to serve all 100 counties in North Carolina, announced an investment of $8 million toward initiatives addressing the unique challenges facing rural...

Shaw University announced that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has awarded a $300,000 grant to support student development and retention through the Student Retention Gap Fund and a Summer Academy Institute (SAI). Blue Cross NC representatives made the presentation to Dr. Paulette Dillard, Shaw University president, during a ceremony in the C. C. Spaulding Gymnasium on Shaw’s campus before the men’s basketball game on Wednesday night.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is adding the mental health technology services of Quartet Health to its value-based care arsenal. Quartet's platform will provide Blue Cross NC with the data analytics and technology infrastructure to measure and support the delivery of high-quality mental healthcare, while Blue Cross NC will provide the payment model along with incentives through the Blue Premier Behavioral Health network.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is partnering with New York City startup Quartet to roll out a value-based payment model for mental health care. Quartet and Blue Cross NC are combining their assets to measure the quality of care patients receive, and create incentives to providers for improved patient access to in-network care, collaboration among providers, and improved patient health outcomes, the two organizations said.

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is bringing value-based payments to its network of behavioral health providers, giving patients better access to high-quality, better-coordinated care for mental health and...