Press Releases

DURHAM, NC – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announced today that it is lowering rates for its 2020 Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by an average of 31 percent. In addition, all members will now have access to a $0 premium plan...

Durham, N.C. – In response to Hurricane Dorian, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has taken steps to ensure customers’ access to their prescription drug needs are uninterrupted due to the aftermath of the storm. Member health...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is helping lower members’ out-of-pocket prescription drug costs through the launch of an easy-to-use new tool. Rx Savings Solutions, available to most Blue Cross NC customers, uses claims data to identify equally effective medicine options available to members at lower costs.

Carolina Panthers and Blue Cross NC award high-quality helmets to area high schools. Four NC high school programs will receive Riddell SpeedFlex helmets.

Waltham, MA & Mooresville, NC – Eleanor Health (www.eleanorhealth.com), the first addiction and mental health services provider designed to deliver long-term patient recovery outcomes and modeled on value-based care delivery and payments, officially...

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is providing funding to enable Shatterproof, a national nonprofit dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in America, to establish a quality measurement system for addiction...

Durham, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) and Wake Forest Baptist Health today announced an agreement that could reduce Affordable Care Act (ACA) rates for individual customers by up to 40 percent. The agreement could...

Durham, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) and UNC Health Care announced today that Blue Cross NC will be reducing Affordable Care Act (ACA) rates for individual customers in the Triangle by an average of 4.5 percent—or...

Durham, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announced today that the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) has approved its 5.5 percent average rate decrease for 2020 Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans offered to...

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) will provide $500,000 over three years to No Kid Hungry North Carolina, an initiative of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for Health Promotion and...