Our member and provider services may be experiencing higher than normal call volumes from 12/22/25-1/9/26 due to a large number of staff being out of office. We encourage you to utilize alternative forms of communication including secured messaging through online Member Services and Availity Essentials Provider Portal.
High call volumes
We are unable to accept walk-ins on Friday, Jan. 2., due to short staffing.
- April 4, 2007
Bartle promoted to vice president at BCBSND
Brad Bartle has been promoted to vice president of actuarial and membership at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, Fargo. He replaces Janine Weideman, who retired April 2.
As vice president, Bartle is responsible for the actuarial services department, the management information services department and the membership and underwriting department.
A native of Janesville, Wis., he graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a bachelor's degree in actuarial mathematics. He worked for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's Federal Employee Program in Chicago and later for an Illinois insurance company before joining BCBSND in 2004 as assistant vice president of actuarial services.
Bartle and his wife, Judy, live in Moorhead. They have three sons, David, 8, Jonathan, 6, and Nathan, 2.
