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The healthcare needs of the members we serve are evolving dramatically at this critical moment in Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s 90-year history. Thanks to our state leaders’ diligence in making North Carolina an ideal place to live and work, more people are coming here every day. For today and tomorrow, we need a modern health care system that can support them.

Food is medicine. And now Blue Cross NC has the data to prove it. NEJM Catalyst shares our practical approach to addressing non-medical drivers of health by improving food security through direct food delivery and health coaching. Here are our full results:

On a recent episode of Xtelligent Healthcare Media's Healthcare Strategies podcast Stephen Friedhoff, senior vice president of health care services at Blue Cross NC, shares how insurers can use artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to give...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina hosted a mobile health event Wednesday at Wake Tech’s North Campus.

Robeson Community College recently received a $242,690 grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to fund an all-new insurance pre-licensing program.

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell, a contrarian who favors radical reversals of the status quo, is again challenging the way things are. This time he supports flipping the administration of a portion of the State Health Plan (SHP) that serves a half-million teachers and state employees.

The State Health Plan’s board of trustees voted in a closed-session meeting to award Aetna a contract that has been in the hands of Blue Cross NC for more than 40 years. But the details are still shrouded in secrecy. The vacuum of information has been filled with questions from state employees and few clear answers from those in charge of the health plan.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has been named to the 2023 Best Places to Work in IT list by Foundry’s Computerworld and has been ranked No. 1 in the large company category.

One in five young adults who age out of foster care will become unhoused. At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), we know that safe housing for at-risk youth is essential to healthier communities.

In Guilford County, North Carolina, community health professional Danielle Deshazor, MPH, focuses on reducing infant and maternal mortality. Her work involves making sure women receive the care they need before, during and after pregnancy. She understands the obstacles women in her region face when it comes to having a healthy pregnancy, and she believes one of those obstacles is implicit bias.