Good morning Charles.
At this time we do not require any booster doses so the billing goes to private insurance. It is offered at our COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
This is not a completely consistent policy as we do pay for HPV vaccination for a limited number of employees even though it is not required.
Doug
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St. Luke's Occupational Medicine
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Our DOH is no longer financially supporting the covid bivalent booster.
We had many booster clinics with very little participation
Very few of our employees have been boosted
Do you offer the booster to your employees
If yes do the employees use their insurance to pay or does your institution cover the costs?
Thanks
Charlie
Charles D Hackett, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Employee and Occupational Health, Lifespan
Chief Community and Family Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Brown University
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