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House Bill 1056 became law on June 25, 2018.  This legislation mandates employing unit cooperation in collecting through wage garnishment money that members owe the State Health Plan (Plan).

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), the State Health Plan’s Third Party Administrator, has launched a significant redesign and improvement of several online member transparency tools, making it even easier for your employees to find the care they need.

A small number of State Health Plan members have reported receiving scam phone calls from people asking for personal information. These phone calls are not coming from the State Health Plan. If you receive such a call, you should not provide the caller with any personal information.

Have you recently been involved in a car crash that resulted in an injury? The Plan protects member funds by paying only those claims for which it is responsible.

As reported in the News & Observer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a preliminary estimate that 2,505 people in North Carolina overdosed on opioids and other drugs last year.