{"id":9172,"date":"2020-03-24T17:49:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=9172"},"modified":"2020-03-25T16:48:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T20:48:47","slug":"blue-cross-ncs-response-to-covid-19-and-continuing-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2020\/03\/blue-cross-ncs-response-to-covid-19-and-continuing-developments\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Cross NC’s Response to COVID-19 and Continuing Developments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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North Carolina\u2019s largest Health Insurer has been working around the clock to provide guidance and information to members related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in recent weeks.\u00a0 This rapidly developing outbreak has led Blue Cross to make frequent updates to this Blue Cross NC webpage<\/a>.\u00a0 The latest information from teams following the virus is being posted here throughout the day and updated as more information becomes available.\u00a0 From the availability of video and phone doctor appointments to regulations and guidance from the CDC, this is a great resource for everything COVID-19.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Helpful Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other very helpful resources for combating the spread and breaking\nnews on this virus is the government website for the Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/a>.  The CDC encourages educating Americans on preventive\nmeasure and aspects of the Coronavirus which will help in management of the\noutbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina DHHS has also created a webpage<\/a>\nthat allows you to learn more about when and how to be tested in North Carolina\nshould you feel any common symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medicare Population Considerations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One group that may be at higher risk of complications from COVID-19 is the older population and people with underlying medical conditions.\u00a0 Many within this group are on Medicare Advantage plans.\u00a0 Under Federal Government regulations, a Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period is currently taking place and will end on March 31st<\/sup> 2020.\u00a0 This is a good time for existing Medicare Advantage members to give consideration to all Medicare plans as many have an opportunity to make changes to Medicare Advantage plans<\/a> before the March 31st<\/sup> deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As information continues to develop, you can rest assured that we will make you aware of the information that will help protect the health and well-being of all North Carolinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on North Carolina Health Insurance coverage, please visit our website at\u00a0www.nchealthplans.com<\/a>\u00a0or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our experienced and professional agents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

North Carolina\u2019s largest Health Insurer has been working around the clock to provide guidance and information to members related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in recent weeks.\u00a0 This rapidly developing outbreak has led Blue Cross to make frequent updates to this Blue Cross NC webpage.\u00a0 The latest information from teams following the virus is being posted here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9172"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9198,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9172\/revisions\/9198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}