MLNProducts/downloads/qr_im mun_bill.pdf, is a handy Medicare im- munization coding and billing guide (seasonal flu virus, pneumococcal, and hepatitis B) with FAQs.
• MLN Matters No. SE1242,
www.cms .gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medi care-Learning-Network-MLN/MLN MattersArticles/Downloads/SE1242. pdf, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is full of links to additional resources you may find useful.
• The Immunization Action Coali- tion’s (IAC’s) free flu pocket guide for health care professionals,
www.pre
ventinfluenza.org/pocketguides, con- tains vaccination dosing information, including new recommendations for children, and talking points. It is one of several free pocket guides available from IAC to help you educate patients about vaccine-preventable diseases.
The Texas Medical Association Influ- enza Season 2012–13 webpage, www
.texmed.org/template.aspx?id=7651, has additional information and resourc- es, including:
• The Facts About Flu Vaccination, a handout to help you educate your patients.
• A poster featuring a health care work- er with the tag line: “Protect your pa- tients. Protect yourself & family. Get a flu shot.” TMA strongly supports immunization of all physicians and health care workers with the recom- mended vaccines available for pre- ventable diseases, including the an- nual flu shot.
To order copies of the poster to hang in your office or break room or copies of the handout in English or Spanish, con- tact TMA’s outreach coordinator, Tammy Wishard, at
tammy.wishard@texmed.org or (800) 880-1300, ext. 1470. n
Crystal Conde is associate editor of Texas Medicine. You can reach her by telephone at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1385, or (512) 370-1385; by fax at (512) 370-1629; or by email at
crystal.conde@
texmed.org.
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