{"id":2144,"date":"2009-10-25T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2010-06-16T10:30:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T15:30:42","slug":"pharmacists-to-administer-h1n1-flu-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2009\/10\/pharmacists-to-administer-h1n1-flu-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacists to Administer H1N1 Flu Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Pharmacists in North Carolina have been granted temporary authority to administer seasonal and H1N1<\/strong> flu shots to patients 14 years of age and older beginning October 9, 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Pharmacy and Medical Boards passed an emergency amendment to the pharmacist vaccination rule authorizing pharmacists to administer seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccines to patients age 14 and up. This authorization is expected to extend through July 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eligible members ages 14 and older may go to an in-network pharmacist or CVS MinuteClinic to receive a seasonal flu shot, as well as an H1N1 vaccine \u2013 when it becomes available.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To find in-network pharmacists<\/a>, visit the Doctors, Rx and Hospitals<\/span><\/a><\/span> section on our site, and search for<\/span> <\/span><\/span>“Pharmacist (Flu & Other Limited Injections)” under Specialty. To find a participating CVS MinuteClinic, search for \u201cConvenience Care Center\u201d under Specialty.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The above information is taken from a News Release from BCBSNC October 2009.<\/p>\n

For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>\u00a0and how to utilize My Member Services, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health. Call us for details.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pharmacists in North Carolina have been granted temporary authority to administer seasonal and H1N1 flu shots to patients 14 years of age and older beginning October 9, 2009. \u00a0 The Pharmacy and Medical Boards passed an emergency amendment to the pharmacist vaccination rule authorizing pharmacists to administer seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccines to patients age […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,7],"tags":[23,152,247,246,335],"class_list":["post-2144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","category-health-and-nutrition","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-nc","tag-h1n1-vaccinations","tag-pharmacists","tag-season-flu-vaccinations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2144"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2168,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions\/2168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}