Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) announced today that detailed plans are in place for transitioning members to alternative hospitals in preparation for the departure of North Carolina Baptist Hospital (NCBH) from BCBSNC networks on June 4.

A new program from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) will help members save money on over-the-counter (OTC) allergy medications.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has elected Roberta B. Bowman, vice president of External Relations for Duke Energy, to its board of trustees. The BCBSNC board is made up of 14 community leaders from across North Carolina with backgrounds in areas including health care, business, finance and education.

BCBSNC reported consolidated net income of $45.9 million for the three months ending March 31, 2005 - 13 percent less than the company earned during the same period last year.

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation (BCBSNC Foundation) has redesigned its website to increase awareness of Foundation programs and to make applying for grants easier and more efficient. The website address remains: bcbsnc.com/foundation.

Poorly conceived and hastily introduced legislation in the General Assembly would undermine the financial stability of the state's largest health insurer and place politics above the health care needs of 3.1 million Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) customers.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) has elected Dr. Harold L. Martin Sr., Chancellor of Winston–Salem State University (WSSU), to its board of trustees.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is seeking to recover millions of dollars in overpayments made to a Lumberton Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist and two medical practices in Robeson County. In a motion filed today in Superior Court in Orange County, the insurer asks to amend an earlier complaint against Anita L. Jackson, M.D. to allege false and excessive billing by the doctor.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and Capital Emergency Physicians, P.A., of Raleigh have reached a new agreement for the practice to serve as an in-network provider for BCBSNC members.

Twelve Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans have filed a lawsuit against nine southern California-based outpatient surgery clinics, seven medical management companies and 34 individuals alleging a massive fraud scheme in which hundreds of patients from across the country underwent unnecessary and sometimes dangerous surgical procedures that resulted in the submission of tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent medical claims. The lawsuit alleges that the scheme, known as "Rent-a-Patient," has resulted in significant financial losses to insurance companies and employee benefit plans since 1999.