Effective January 1, 2022, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is excited to expand the Blue High Performance Network℠ (BlueHPN℠) in the Triangle and Hickory areas. BlueHPN is a national quality-based network that will provide members with access to a comprehensive set of high-quality doctors, hospitals, and specialists, while lowering costs for employers. More than 185 million Americans in over 65 major markets will have access to BlueHPN across the country. Blue Cross NC previously shared information about BlueHPN in December of 2020.
BlueHPN Providers
- Blue Cross NC is collaborating with participants of Blue Premier for BlueHPN. Blue Premier holds health systems and Blue Cross NC jointly accountable for better health outcomes, exceptional experience and lower costs.
- Triad area: Wake Forest Baptist Health/Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
- Charlotte area: Atrium Health
- Triangle area: Duke Health/Aledade
- Hickory area: Frye Regional Medical Center and Iredell Memorial Medical Center
- BlueHPN will expand to other areas of the state beyond January 2022
BlueHPN as an EPO Health Plan
BlueHPN is an Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO). An EPO is a health plan that offers a large, national network of doctors and hospitals for members to choose from. If a member seeks medical care outside of their EPO plan’s network (such as a doctor, hospital, clinic or pharmacy that is not an EPO provider), those out-of-network services are typically not covered under your EPO health plan. Urgent/emergent care will be covered out-of-network outside of the member’s medical service area.
Please refer to the grid below for further details:
Participating BlueHPN Provider