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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.

United Way of the Greater Triangle recently announced that five local partners and organizations – St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, The Episcopal Housing Ministry, Blue Cross NC, Duke Energy, and Golden Corral – have made significant contributions to support 241 families who have been displaced from Durham’s McDougald Terrace housing authority complex since January 3 due to high carbon monoxide levels and mold conditions.

...Launched in 2017, Atrium’s school telehealth network has targeted small schools in areas where poverty and unemployment are high and insurance and access to primary care are scarce. Armed with grants from the likes of Kohl’s and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, the network gives students in member schools access to primary care services they might otherwise not get.

The Boys and Girls Club of Durham and Orange Counties is officially open in South Durham. This 32,000 square-foot space is more than double the old facility. An estimated 110 students attend the club now, but CEO Jerome Levisy said he hopes to accommodate as many as 600 kids in 5 years. Levisy said Monday's opening was an emotional and special moment for him personally.

The non-profit Community Home Trust has been one of the biggest contributors to the affordable housing community since its establishment. Recently, the organization made two big announcements: a bold partnership and a new executive director. When Community Home Trust bought the Landings at Winmore neighborhood in 2017, it expanded the non-profit’s reach to affordable housing for rent. But recently, the infrastructure was beginning to risk falling into disrepair.

Diabetes affects more than 30 million Americans, and 1 in 4 don’t know they have it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. African Americans and other populations of color are especially at risk. But here’s good news: with moderate exercise and a healthy diet, diabetes can often be controlled — and even prevented, says Dr. John R. Smith Jr., lead medical director at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina.

A majority of Supreme Court justices questioned whether the federal government could avoid an obligation to pay billions of dollars to health insurers that sold consumer policies on exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act... Insurers before the Supreme Court include Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Moda Health Plan Inc. and Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Co.

Homeless couples with children needing emergency shelter soon will have more options to stay together, thanks to a new program at the Salvation Army Center of Hope. The shelter, which previously accepted only women and children, has added rooms for entire families, including fathers. A two-year, $300,00 grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of north Carolina funded renovations at the shelter, program staffing, hotel vouchers and money for up-front housing costs like rent and deposits for families after leaving the shelter.

Small business owners with one to 50 employees can cut the cost of their employee insurance plans by as much as 15 percent with a new Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina plan offered in strict partnership with Wake Forest Baptist Health.