Blue Value with UNC Health Alliance will be the sole network in the Raleigh Durham regions. This new agreement is in effect through 2021.
UNC Health Alliance will offer deeper hospital and professional provider discounts. Members in the Raleigh and Durham regions will have an average pre-subsidy rate decrease of ~22%. Blue Local with Duke Health and WakeMed will be discontinued in 2019.
Raleigh and Durham regions will be mapped to Blue Value. Members can expect a decrease in premium. This impacts ~45,264 members.
[Raleigh Region = Wake Johnston and Franklin Counties.]
[Durham Region = Durham, Orange Alamance, Chatham, Lee Caswell and Person Counties]
The Henderson region will be mapped to Blue Advantage. Blue Value is not offered in that area. These members can expect a slight increase in premium since a limited network is no longer available. This impacts ~ 2,018 members.
[Henderson Region = Granville, Vance and Warren]
The good news:
~ UNC Health Alliance is offering deep discounts and they continue to expand their network of providers.
The bad news:
~ If you're in the Raleigh Durham area, your doctor will not be in network if he or she does not accept Blue Value.
~ If you're in the Henderson area, you no longer have access to the additional discount provided in a limited network. However, overall premiums have gone down from 2018.
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