Oh joy! Went to get my COVID vax update this morning (timing makes sense for me: students pouring back with cases at peak, yuck), and…
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@inthehands I just went to my CVS appointment and they also told me that they don't contract with my insurance. I walked out with no shot, hoping to schedule with Walgreens, but they're two weeks out already. I really wanted that vax today
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@inthehands @daniel How are you getting 2 boosters a year? Are you paying cash for one of them?
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@DeweyOxberger
Go back, see if you can pay out of pocket…if you can afford to ride the 200 on your CC bill for a few weeks… -
@fuzzychef @daniel
Yes to 1, no to 2. -
@inthehands @daniel Sorry, I don't quite understand your answer.
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@DeweyOxberger @inthehands Also, with #Walgreens I found that their online scheduling didn’t match the reality of #vaccine availability in each store.
I called three locations and spoke with three frazzled employees who provided different ETA’s for the vaccine at their store.
I went with the store that thought they’d get it the soonest (1-2 weeks), but they advised that I call on the scheduled day to make sure that it’s really there.
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@fuzzychef @daniel
Sorry! Yes getting two boosters a year, no not paying out of pocket. (Insurer never seems to object.) -
Paul Cantrellreplied to Concept of a Pat 🇺🇸 🌊 last edited by
@patmadigan @DeweyOxberger
I now refuse to get early shots from Walgreens for exactly this reason. -
Michael Dekkerreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
@inthehands https://www.cdc.gov/iis/code-sets/fall-season-respiratory-codes.html CDC guidance on how to bill for fall 2024 vaccines is dated August 26. Not much time to get systems updated. Perhaps ask CDC whether payers received enough advance notice? (I work for a payer, but not this part of the shop. Opinions are my own.)
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Michael Dekker last edited by
@dekk
My mom has a saying: “When everyone’s watching the baby, no one is watching the baby.”
Should the CDC have figured all of this out weeks or months ago? Should insurers have internal processes set up to handle this expeditiously? Should this all just be on a regular schedule, like flu? Yes to all the above. -
@inthehands In #Ireland, we can’t get a #COVID vaccine for love or money.
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Probably depressedreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
@inthehands
I’ve worked at HealthPartners. This is the least surprising thing I’ve heard about HealthPartners. In fact, this just sounds like a random Tuesday in April. -
@aral why, in this great year of 2024…
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Probably depressed last edited by
@jrod3737
Judging by the replies, they’re not the only one either. -
@inthehands We have ostriches authoring public policy.
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@aral
Whereas here in the US our public policy is apparently written by rabid wolverines -
Mela Eckenfelsreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
They really rather want to pay for the treatment and aftercare if it's going south-y?
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Mela Eckenfels last edited by
@Mela
I suspect the idea that they are capable of making any such sort of informed decision about outcomes is giving them far too much credit.They have a system. This happened. They’re just surprised as anyone. They don’t understand it either.
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@inthehands You don’t have to nationalise ALL of it. Just enough to make sure no one goes untended. Private alternatives are quite alright.
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@inthehands Sounds a lot like Medicare.