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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina said Friday that it will issue $200 million in debit cards to help customers pay for expenses during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Anuradha Rao-Patel, medical director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, says telehealth has been critical to maintain patient health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Tunde Sotunde took the reigns at BCBS NC in the middle of a pandemic. How has that changed his strategy? The answer to that question and insight on the efforts toward Racial Diversity and Inclusion, and important need for what he calls 'the coalition of the willing."

The Carolina Panthers and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) are teaming up to "sack hunger" by delivering meals to underserved areas of Charlotte through the Panthers Neighborhood Kitchen program.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina announced it has invested $400,000 in the American Red Cross’ Sound the Alarm program for home fire prevention, preparedness, and recovery, and to help create disaster-ready kits for its shelters in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Charlotte Hornets and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) are teaming up to support Project BOLT, a nonprofit whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for marginalized citizens of the Charlotte community.

COVID-19 isn’t affecting all of us equally and the differences can have long-term impacts, well after the immediate clinical crisis has passed... Now is the time to consider how the historic unemployment rates we face today and the inability of millions of Americans to afford food, housing and utilities due to COVID-19 will shape our nation in the years ahead.

Like all businesses, we’re doing everything we can to maintain the same level of service our customers and provider partners have come to expect from us. The work we’re doing remains exactly the same; how and where we’re doing it are very different.

North Carolina’s largest health insurer is projecting the coronavirus pandemic will cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) will financially support local independent primary care practices as they transition to value-based care during the coronavirus pandemic, the payer announced.