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24 Aug 2021 | News Story

Ensuring the Health and Safety of Our Campus and Our Customers

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...

24 Aug 2021 | News Story | Authority Magazine

John Lumpkin of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation On How They Are Helping To Address The Problem of People Having Limited Access to Healthy & Affordable Food Options

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.

09 Jun 2021 | News Story

Standardizing Social Determinants of Health Data to Provide Whole-Person Care

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...

22 Apr 2021 | News Story | Fierce Healthcare

Blue Cross NC takes aim at food insecurity with slew of new pilot programs

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.

30 Mar 2021 | News Story | WRAL

Need a lift? Lyft, United Way, Blue Cross join forces to get people to vaccine clinics

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.

21 Mar 2021 | News Story | The Mountaineer

Blue Cross NC begins enrolling members statewide in Healthy Blue

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.

19 Mar 2021 | News Story | Spectrum News

Susan G. Komen, Duke, UNC Team Up in Million Dollar Effort to Fight Metastatic Breast Cancer

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.

16 Mar 2021 | News Story | News & Record

'Honored and humbled': Chancellor Harold Martin's name will go on A&T's new engineering building

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.)

10 Mar 2021 | News Story | Duke Athletic News

Lawson, Staff to Distribute Meals with Durham Children’s Initiative

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.

03 Mar 2021 | News Story | Modern Healthcare

Blue Cross NC claims costs rise thanks to COVID

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.

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Rahul Rajkumar, MD, on Advanced Primary Care

Rahul Rajkumar, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Blue Cross NC, discusses advanced primary care and why ...

$750,000 Blue Cross NC investment expands school-based virtual clinic in Cleveland County

The investment over three years will allow kids to have access to primary care onsite without ...