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Blue Cross NC Boone Center Opens at New Location
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Blue Cross NC Boone Center Opens at New Location

Blue Cross NC Boone Center celebrated its new location with games, office tours, a raffle for local nonprofits and a ribbon cutting on Friday, April 28. The location at 2640 North Carolina 105, Suite 101 in Boone, NC is more than double the size of the previous space.
Tunde Sotunde | Bill to reorganize Blue Cross NC will help, not hurt, our state | News & Observer Opinion
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Tunde Sotunde | Bill to reorganize Blue Cross NC will help, not hurt, our state | News & Observer Opinion

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.
 Stephen Friedhoff on Healthcare Strategies Podcast
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Stephen Friedhoff on Healthcare Strategies Podcast

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...
NC Treasurer Folwell backs a risky switch in who runs the State Health Plan
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NC Treasurer Folwell backs a risky switch in who runs the State Health Plan

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.
With details scant, NC health plan switch confuses and frustrates some state workers
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With details scant, NC health plan switch confuses and frustrates some state workers

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.