{"id":86,"date":"2008-10-28T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/?p=86"},"modified":"2010-06-23T21:32:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T02:32:43","slug":"flu-shots-from-bcbsnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2008\/10\/flu-shots-from-bcbsnc\/","title":{"rendered":"Flu Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/planes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-895\" title=\"planes\" src=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/planes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \><\/a>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 200,000 people are hospitalized every year from the flu and complications caused by the flu.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">BCBSNC<\/a>\u00a0recommends the best way to reduce your risk is to get an annual flu shot.\u00a0 They are making flu shots available at no charge to eligible members enrolled in one of the following plans:*\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">BCBSNC group<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nchealthplans.com\">individual plans<\/a> with preventive care benefits, <a href=\"http:\/\/nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Medicare HMO,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Medicare PPO<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Medicare Supplement,<\/a> North Carolina State Health Plan, North Carolina Health\u00a0Choice for Children, North Carolina Federal Employee Program.*<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Eligible members can receive a flu shot during the flu season at any of the following locations while supplies last:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physician&#8217;s Office<\/li>\n<li>Work-site\u00a0Clinics<\/li>\n<li>Participating Health Departments<\/li>\n<li>Participating Immunizing Pharmacists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are not an eligible member, you can get a flu shot for $30 at a participating physicians&#8217; flu clinic.\u00a0 Also, flu shots are available to the uninsured and general public at public health departments.\u00a0 The cost varies and may be covered by private insurance or <a href=\"http:\/\/nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Medicare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\">www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents.\u00a0 Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina\u00a0(BCBSNC).\u00a0 <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health.\u00a0 Call us for details.<\/p>\n<p>*Members in self-funded plans should check with their plan administer to determine if the influenza vaccine and FluMist are covered benefits and, if covered, where they can receive the benefit at the lower cost.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\">Above information about flu clinics and coverage provided by:<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\"> \"Stick It To the Flu.\" Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Key Facts About Seasonal Influenza (Flu).\"\u00a0 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2008<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/keyfacts.htm\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/keyfacts.htm<\/a> July 2008.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 200,000 people are hospitalized every year from the flu and complications caused by the flu.\u00a0\u00a0 BCBSNC\u00a0recommends the best way to reduce your risk is to get an annual flu shot.\u00a0 They are making flu shots available at no charge to eligible members enrolled in one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23,152,22,21],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bcbsnc-insurance","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-nc","tag-flu-clinics","tag-flu-shots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","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=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3013,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/3013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}