How about where you are, is there ready access to the vaccines? Are these vaccinations free under your health care system, or do you have to pay for them?
Monday 19 October 2009
Swine Flu vaccinations and their availability
With the swine flu vaccinations slowly making itself available in some countries, the availability or lack of availability should I see in some states in the US and countries in Europe has proved somewhat frustrating especially to those considered as vulnerable to the h1n1 virus. However, local authorities do show signs of getting their act together and slowly but surely the vaccination has made its way to many states and countries in the US and UK. However, for the rest of the world, it seems it's very dependent on the respective government and their health budget and how many supplies they've ordered. Of course, some countries have been largely unaffected by the pandemic and so only emergency vaccinations may be on hand. However, most governments have realized this far that its essential to give young mothers, children and the elderly the vaccinations first and for people with swine flu like symptoms to be administered to hospital as soon as possible. Some concerns are still ever present about the rushed nature of this vaccination and its release onto the global market, the Times reported in June that the Europeans Medicine Agency stated that: "The vaccines are authorised with a detailed risk management plan”.
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There have been some side effects from the vaccines, but they are relatively mild. Unfortunately, they are in very low quantities and we won't see a substantial roll out until mid-november, I think. Check out my swine flu page How Swine Flu Kills You
Yes very true Robert it's way too early to tell. Nice hub by the way.
Because the vaccine is being provided free to physicians, they cannot bill for the drug, but can still bill for the administration. Medicare has created the code G9141 to be used. Most other insurers will take the G9141 or will require CPT 90663 along with the appropriate admin code (ex. 90471). Just FYI for any providers out there.
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