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Since COVID-19 vaccines became available, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has encouraged everyone to get vaccinated. Our company’s medical directors – a group that includes authorities on infectious diseases – along with the...

To have the biggest impact in a community, you need to have boots on the ground and local expertise. Business and civic leaders should build their investments in community-based organizations, with a specific focus on capacity building.

As of late, the health care sector has put an increased focus on addressing the social needs of patients. Extensive research shows that nonmedical drivers of health, like transportation, housing and access to healthy foods, have a direct impact on one’s...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is piloting a number of programs aiming to address food insecurity, work the insurer says offers a baseline for further initiatives targeting the social determinants of health.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the United Way and Lyft are among those working to make sure that everyone who wants a COVID-19 vaccine can get it.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) began enrolling its first members in Healthy Blue on March 15. The Medicaid managed care plan features a provider network with more than 48,000 physicians and other practitioners, including most of the state’s hospitals and health systems.

A recent $500,000 donation from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina brought them close to their goal of $1 million for metastatic breast cancer research grants.

This $90 million facility, under construction on a prime corner of campus, now has a new name that honors A&T’s current chancellor who has devoted the majority of his life to both engineering and the university. (Harold Martin serves on the Board of Trustees for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.)

Duke head coach Kara Lawson and members of her women's basketball staff have teamed with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina to distribute meals with the Durham Children's Initiative on Thursday, March 11.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina's medical claims reached a record $7.5 billion in 2020, a 7.7% increase over 2019 that was driven by COVID-19 and specialty drug costs and lower Affordable Care Act plan premiums.