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Cost-Saving Levers

While most employers faced 6.5% medical inflation in 2023, our large group target was just 2%.1 See which innovative cost-of-care programs tamed medical and drug spend by more than 4% – and what levers you can pull to drive savings this year by reading our infographic.

Tailoring Health Plan Solutions

Rx for Savings

Peek behind the curtain on our strategies for bending medical and pharmacy cost trends. In this video, hear from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's (Blue Cross NC) Chief Actuary and Director of Commercial Pharmacy Programs on what you should keep an eye on.

True Value

Transforming the delivery of health care to improve outcomes and long-term affordability is more important than ever. In this video, learn how we're taking value-based care to the next level – surpassing half a billion dollars in total savings for employers, members and providers.2

Fair Billing

Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies are advancing commonsense solutions to improve care and lower costs for employers and employees alike. In this article, see how we're committed to tackling key cost drivers – one of the biggest being hospital billing.

Elevating Whole Health Support

Helping Hands

Too often, employees struggle to find the right level of mental health support. Learn how human-led behavioral health care navigation addresses this challenge – driving a better experience as well as better outcomes.

Prevention Saves

Small changes can make a big impact. Reinforce this simple idea with our ready-to-use, multi-touch communications toolkit. It’s designed to promote dialogue and help encourage preventive care within your workforce.

Access Matters

Addressing access to mental health care requires stepping back to consider the full patient journey. That's why we're working to ensure every step along the way is easier to understand and more manageable for employees. Learn more in this blog article.

Personalizing The Employee Care Experience

Human Touch

Artificial intelligence (AI) can drive real impacts on clinical outcomes and total cost of care. In this video, hear from a unique panel of experts on ways AI enhances the capacity of humans helping humans for more proactive care management. 

AI Revolution

We’re using computer power to identify and even anticipate health care needs that would otherwise require thousands of hours of hands-on work. See how machine learning tools can improve health and lower costs.

Ethical Analytics

Machine learning and predictive analytics must be guided by rigorous oversight, strategic vision and security protections to make health care more personalized, more effective and more accessible for all. Read our blog post to learn how.

Improving Care In Every Community

Food Is Medicine

We continue innovating solutions for longstanding health issues – like diabetes. Our practical approach to addressing non-medical drivers of health by improving food security via direct food delivery and health coaching was published in NEJM Catalyst.

Building Bridges

Supporting employee health extends beyond the individual; living and working in healthy communities is just as vital. Hear firsthand how we're partnering to make health care more accessible and easier to navigate on the ground. 

Healthy Futures

Childhood well-being is a top concern within many of our communities. In this article from our CEO, learn more about the ways we're helping great ideas come to fruition and scaling up strategic innovations at the local level.

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Disclosures:

  1. Source: Internal Blue Cross NC data, September 2023.

  2. Source: mediacenter.bcbsnc.com/news/blue-cross-ncs-blue-premierSM-program-surpasses-half-a-billion-dollars-in-total-savings-for-members-doctors-and-hospitals-employers (Accessed October 2023).

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