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Lapeer County approves contract to bill Medicare Part D so health department can provide certain vaccines to seniors
Summary
The board approved a contract with TransactRx permitting the county health department to bill Medicare Part D for specific vaccines at no cost to the county general fund, allowing the department to offer vaccines at health clinics and senior centers.
The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a contract with TransactRx that will allow the Lapeer County Health Department to bill Medicare Part D for certain vaccines, the board heard at its meeting.
The contract, presented by Lapeer County Health Director Jim Henry, will let the health department bill Medicare Part D for vaccines such as RSV and Shingrix (shingles), Henry said, and the service “is a prescription billing service that allow[s] the health department to bill Medicare part d.” He told the board the arrangement would carry “no cost for the service to the health department or the county general fund.”
County officials and the public framed the issue as one of access for older residents. Henry and Tony, the department’s…
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