he University of North Carolina Health Care System has signed a multi-year health insurance contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) which ties some of the financial reimbursement to improvements in select quality health care measures. The new multi-year contract, effective August 1, continues to provide BCBSNC customers access to the [...]
As employees speak out in regard to health insurance programs NC survey shows that less costly and more affordable health insurance programs are the most popular with employees. Workers are slow to adopt most popular programs; financial incentives motivate behavior changes.
In today’s stressful economic environment, starting a workplace wellness program may be the furthest [...]
The following summarizes recent newspaper articles related to children’s health insurance coverage in North Carolina and Tennessee.
North Carolina: North Carolina could save nearly $16 million by shifting SCHIP billing services from the state’s employee health plan office to the state Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report released on Tuesday by the [...]
The North Carolina General Assembly onSaturday tentatively approved a $20.7 billion budget under which thestate government would absorb counties’ share of Medicaid costs inexchange for a portion of counties’ sales tax revenue, the Charlotte Observer reports. The Senate approved the budget measure 25-13 and the House 65-53 (Johnson, Charlotte Observer, 7/29).
NorthCarolina is one of [...]
The North Carolina House on Thursday approved a bill that wouldestablish a state health insurance pool for residents with seriousmedical conditions who cannot afford or qualify for private coverage,the Raleigh News %26amp; Observer reports. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Verla Insko (D), moves to Gov. Mike Easley (D) for consideration.
Underthe bill, which the [...]
The number of uninsured children in North Carolina increased by 20% since 2001, according to an annual report by Action for Children North Carolina and North Carolina Institute of Medicine, the Raleigh News %26amp; Observerreports. According to the report, 13.2% of children in the state wereuninsured last year. The report showed improvement in children’s healthin [...]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) is taking some of the mystery out of health insurance and care costs.
BCBSNC, North Carolina’s largest health insurer, is publishing online the average prices it pays statewide for physician office visits, diagnostic procedures and screenings, prescription drugs, and disease treatments. The Health Cost Estimator, now available [...]
Arcadian Health Plan has enhanced its benefits for 2008 and expanded into the state of North Carolina. This comes on the heels of successful rollouts in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina and Maine.
Highlights of these plans include $0 premiums in most markets, free annual physicals and flu shots, dental benefits, and an ever-expanding provider and [...]
Nearly three people die each day in North Carolina because they don’t have health insurance coverage, says a new report by Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers.
The Families USA report, the first-ever state-specific report of this type, is based on a groundbreaking national study by the Institute of Medicine, which in [...]