The full slate of 4th Circuit US Court of Appeals judges offered Thursday contrasting views over a dispute involving North Carolina State Health Plan coverage for transgender health care.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2024 @ 6:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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UNC Health and ECU Leave State Employees and Taxpayers with a $1 Billion Bill and Threaten the Tax-Exempt Status of the Pension Plan
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 5:07 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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High Medication Cost Leads State Health Plan to Consider Removing GLP-1 Drugs from Coverage
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 3:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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New Program Partners with CVS Caremark, GoodRx, to Target Some High-Cost Prescriptions, Lowering Out-of-Pocket Costs for Members
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 @ 2:24 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolinians who are on the State Health Plan (SHP) for their medical insurance will not see an increase in their premiums for the 2024 benefit year. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the SHP Board of Trustees agreed to the freeze for the sixth year in a row.
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled Sept. 21 for oral arguments in a case involving N.C. State Health Plan coverage of treatments used by transgender patients.
Published: Sunday, October 8th, 2023 @ 8:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Government retirees object to a proposed "writ of prohibition" from the N.C. Supreme Court that would stop them from pursuing a class-action lawsuit. The retirees want the state to restore premium-free health benefits they enjoyed before a change in state law in 2011.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 3:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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6th Straight Year Premium Rates Remain Steady, Benefiting Teachers and State Employees
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Twenty-one states, including three of North Carolina's neighbors, support N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan in a legal fight involving health care requested by transgender patients.
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 8:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Nearly 10,000 Members Added to Humana Plans Results in Savings to Help Unfunded Liability
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 12:40 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider a lawsuit in September challenging State Health Plan restrictions against coverage for treatments used by transgender patients.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 1:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold an "en banc" hearing of a case challenging the N.C. State Health Plan's exclusion of treatment for transgender services.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Blue Cross North Carolina only Losing Bidder to Proceed with Litigation Against State Health Plan
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2023 @ 2:51 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Jim Bostian, Aetna’s market president for North Carolina, addressed the State Health Plan Board of Trustees at their meeting Wednesday, with promises of building upon a seamless transition as the new SHP third-party administrator beginning on Jan. 1, 2025.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 5:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is going to court to challenge the recent decision to award a major State Health Plan contract to Aetna.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 9:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Pledges "Seamless Transition" as the New Third-Party Administrator in 2025
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 11:15 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and State Treasurer Dale Folwell released documents from the Plan’s Request for Proposal process to change its third-party administrator from North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield to Aetna at a media event Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 1:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Health Plan (Plan) received notice today that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has filed a request for a contested-case hearing in the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 9:33 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina State Health Plan announced in a press release on Friday that it had rejected protest appeals for the Third-Party Administrative Services (TPA) contract from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and UMR, Inc.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) submitted a 14-page formal protest to Sam Watts, acting administrator of the State Health Plan, opposing the award of the plan’s 2025-27 third-party administrator contract to Aetna.
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 10:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell said Tuesday the decision to go with Aetna as the third-party administrator for the State Health Plan was in the best interest of plan members.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 5:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Assertions Made Were Without Merit
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 @ 1:33 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will no longer be the third-party administrator for the State Health Plan come Jan. 1, 2025.
Published: Saturday, January 21st, 2023 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two Years from Now, in 2025, the New Contract with Aetna Will Bring Lower Costs, Transparency, and Generate $140 Million in Administrative Savings
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2023 @ 11:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider a case involving a dispute over N.C. State Health Plan premiums for government retirees.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 2:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. attorney general is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving disputed premiums for government retirees on the State Health Plan.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 3:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Moody's states that the average family is spending nearly $6,000 more than last year.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Health Plan will comply with a federal court order to fund sex transition operations.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 7:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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(Raleigh, N.C.) – State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan (Plan) Board of Trustees (Board) announced today that the Board will not enforce the Plan’s benefit exclusion regarding treatment or studies leading to or in connection with sex transition or modifications and related
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 8:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy of State Health Policy find that disadvantaged patients received bills from hospitals instead of nonprofit charity care.
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 1:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Caremark Awarded 3-Year Contract Saving Taxpayers Over $700 Million, Avoiding Member Distruption
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 1:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Diabetic state employees soon won’t have to swallow the rising cost of insulin.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 11:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina teachers and other state employees won’t pay out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatments through June 1.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 6:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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