You can help Michigan reach COVID‑19 vaccination benchmarks

You can help the state of Michigan reach the benchmark of vaccinating 70% or more of Michiganders, age 16 and older, in the fight against COVID‑19.

How can you help?

• Reach out to your patients to encourage them to get a COVID‑19 vaccine. You can answer their questions to relieve any concerns about the vaccine. Overcoming vaccine hesitancy can help us reach herd immunity.

• Help patients who were vaccinated outside Michigan get their vaccines counted. Some Michiganders may have received their vaccines outside Michigan, either while visiting another state or purposefully going to a state bordering Michigan in early 2021, where they could more easily get it. Please ask your patients if they were vaccinated in Michigan. If not, do one of the following:
• If you have access to the Michigan Care Improvement Registry, ask the patient for their COVID‑19 vaccination record card and upload this information in MCIR as historical information.
• If you don’t have access to MCIR, ask the patient to visit their local health department with their COVID‑19 vaccination record card and their driver’s license or State of Michigan identification card so their vaccination can be counted.

Here’s how Blue Cross and BCN are helping
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network have been sending communications since early 2021 to encourage our members to get a COVID‑19 vaccine. You can view these communications here:

• Log in as a provider at bcbsm.com.
• Click on Coronavirus (COVID‑19) at the top of the page.
• Look under Vaccines.

To make vaccine access easier, we waived member out‑of‑pocket cost and network requirements.

Thank you for the ongoing care you provide to your patients and our members. Together, we can help defeat COVID‑19.