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A collaborative effort between the health system and health plan pharmacists, as well as care managers and prescribers, is key to improving clinical and quality outcomes in value-based payment models, said Joseph A. Albright, PharmD, manager of Clinical Pharmacy Programs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.

Showing a slide of the ever-increasing proportion of gross domestic product spent on health care, Joseph Albright, PharmD, manager of clinical pharmacy programs at Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina (BCBSNC), said that the question of sustainability is now more of a reality.

DURHAM, N.C. – Dr. Von Nguyen, MD MPH, who has driven innovation for a private insurer and two federal health agencies, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross...

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announced today that it has invested $250,000 in two Western NC organizations working to end the cycle of homelessness. The investments in Homeward Bound and The Shepherd’s House...

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announced it is teaming up with Carrot Inc. and Virta Health to help address two of the largest ongoing health issues facing Americans today - smoking and type 2 diabetes. These...

When the pandemic first developed, we saw a rush to find enough masks and protective gear. The priority went to medical workers and first responders – the people who have to wear them each day on the front lines. While the supply shortage has started to ease, it’s still difficult to find some items. Now a new effort by a major insurance company along with researchers and manufacturers will solve the problem.

DURHAM, NC – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announced that it will again offer $0 premiums for Medicare beneficiaries in its Blue Medicare Advantage service area along with drug coverage and enhanced benefits for its 2021...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C. and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have formed their second health insurance network to serve the Triad. Blue Cross said it will offer, starting in January, what it is marketing as Blue High Performance network.

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announced it will offer a new Blue High Performance NetworkSM (Blue HPNSM) narrow network Exclusive Provider Network product in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area beginning...

DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announced it will offer a new Blue High Performance NetworkSM (Blue HPNSM) in the Triad, beginning January 2021. Blue HPN is a new national network designed for employers that...