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State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and State Health Plan (Plan) Director Dee Jones announced today that they have secured more than 20,000 COVID-19 tests at Mako Medical in Raleigh. The FDA-approved tests will be used to test more than 16,000 corrections officers and other employees at the state’s 56 correctional institutions over the next few weeks.

State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan (Plan) today announced that the Plan is waiving the cost of treatment for members diagnosed with COVID-19, including associated deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. The Plan previously announced that it was also covering the cost associated with the testing of COVID-19. 

State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, announced today that the State Health Plan (Plan) Board of Trustees (Board) authorized the Treasurer and executive administrator to take actions within their authority to preemptively address and quickly respond to COVID-19 for the benefit of Plan members without consultation with the Board.

The Board resolution called the ongoing outbreak a fluid, rapidly evolving situation that the Plan is monitoring closely and for which the Plan is evaluating appropriate actions daily.

State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan today announced the award of the Medicare Advantage Fully Insured Plan and Related Services contract to Humana. The contract, awarded by the State Health Plan Board of Trustees, will provide Medicare Advantage products to the Plan’s Medicare-eligible members with services beginning Jan. 1, 2021.

State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan (Plan) today announced the award of Third-Party Administration Services to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC). The Plan consists of more than 727,000 participants, which is equal to the combined domestic employment of Berkshire Hathaway, J.P. Morgan and Amazon.

State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, Chair of the State Health Plan Board, would like to remind and provide clarification to members regarding the Plan’s new Pharmacy Benefit Manager, CVS Caremark, which began servicing members January 1, 2017. Specifically:

State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, announced today that a preliminary actuarial review of the state’s unfunded liability related to Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) for the Retiree Health Benefit currently stands at $43 billion as of June 30, 2016 under the new accounting standards to become effective later this year.

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA announced today the appointment of Dee Jones as the executive administrator of the North Carolina State Health Plan. The announcement was made after an executive session of the State Health Plan Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting. As required by statute, Treasurer Folwell consulted with the BOT, laying out the terms of Ms. Jones’s employment including salary.

Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, announced today that the State Health Plan (Plan) will save approximately $8.5 million beginning in January 2018 as a result of new terms negotiated for the administration of NC HealthSmart, the Plan’s healthy living initiative that is administered by Active Health Management.  The program offers health and wellness resources and services to support Plan members’ personal health goals.