Blue Cross Blue Shield

3-tier network coming to State Health Plan in 2027

March 31, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Health Plan’s Board of Trustees voted to approve a three-tiered provider network beginning in 2027 to reduce plan costs by steering members toward lower-cost, high-value care doctors and hospitals […]

MOORE: Stop the health insurers’ raid on the Treasury

October 12, 2025 Stephen Moore

No one likes insurance companies — trying to get them to pay a claim is like wrenching a bone out of a dog’s clenched teeth — and now we have another reason to hold them […]

Folwell wants $2M in legal fees from BCBSNC

November 22, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell is seeking more than $2 million in legal fees from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina following the conclusion of a legal dispute over the State […]

State Health Plan, Aetna to set out on benefits road tour

July 25, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced that the State Health Plan and Aetna, the plan’s new third party administrator, will be hitting the road to meet with members about benefits and “enhanced […]

NC can switch to Aetna for State Health Plan, judge rules

July 12, 2024 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — In a legal fight involving two health insurance companies seeking to manage North Carolina’s State Health Plan, a judge ruled Monday that the plan’s board acted properly when it switched to Aetna and […]

State treasurer reacts to litigation filed over State Health Plan contract change

February 22, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — As expected, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC has filed litigation paperwork over the change in the State Health Plan’s third-party administrator contract that was awarded to Aetna earlier this year. Both Blue […]

Blue Cross CEO resigns after DWI charge

October 2, 2019 Emily Roberson

RALEIGH — Amid pressure from North Carolina’s top insurance regulator, video of an alleged drunk driving incident and publication of the arrest report, the chief executive of North Carolina’s dominant health insurer resigned last week. […]

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State Treasurer keeps Blue Cross Blue Shield as administrator of State Health Plan

September 27, 2017 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — At a press conference last week, State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced that the State Health Plan Board of Trustees has again awarded the Third Party Administrator (TPA) medical claims contract to Blue Cross […]