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Benefits leaders for the State of North Carolina’s health plan – which covers state employees as well as teachers – have implemented successful disease management programs, which not only have helped improve population health, but have also buoyed the company’s bottom line.
Due to the success of its disease management programs, the state has been able to reduce cost-shifting to employees for 2014.
Koster is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and former Employee Benefit News online managing editor.
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