Vaccine Affiliation Agreement amended

We’re amending our Vaccine Affiliation Program to permit pharmacies participating in the program to submit medical claims to Blue Care Network for services listed on the Medical Immunization Pharmacy Providers Payable Vaccines Fee Schedule, which is updated occasionally.

Our Vaccine Affiliation Agreement remains unchanged for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan members.

A previous amendment to the agreement expanded the program to pharmacies participating with BCN with certain exceptions. One of the exceptions was that covered services for BCN members were limited to adult immunizations only.

The Second Amendment to the Vaccine Affiliation Agreement removes this limitation and now provides that covered services for BCN members include adult immunizations and certain other testing as described in the fee schedule, subject to the other terms and conditions of the agreement.

As background, we announced in The Record in 2016 that Blue Cross members could get select vaccines under the pharmacy benefit starting Oct. 1, 2016.