Public Health Communicator

Flu Edition

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Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health

September 2013

Payment Options

The Health Department offers various payment options:

Vaccine For Children Program (VFC). Vaccine is free of charge if your child meets the following requirements:

child has no health insurance
child is American Indian or Alaskan Native
child is enrolled in Medcaid or child is under-insured

Individuals can purchase the vaccine at full cost ($23 for the flu shot or $25 for the flu mist) at the day of the clinic.

We also accept most major health insurances. With insurance, no money is collected at the time of the vaccination; services are billed directly to insurance. Any remaining balance is billed to the client after insurance has paid for its portion of the service. The Health Department accepts the following insurances:

Wellmark (Blue Cross, Blue Shield)
Midland's Choice
Hawk-i
Cigna
Aetna
First Administrators
North Iowa Community Health Care
Medicare Part B

Department Quick Links...

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Happy September!

Students are back in school, football has started and that means fall is just around the corner. Fall is also typically the start of flu season. The Health Department's Immunization Clinic will begin offering flu vaccine Monday, September 16, 2013. We are open from 10:00 AM - Noon and 12:30 - 4:00 PM.

The Health Department strives to make sure everyone has a healthy flu season, so we are keeping you up-to-date on all the flu happenings. Each month we will send out a flu edition of our newsletter to let you know flu clinic schedules and any new flu updates. Look for editions in October, November and December!

In the September Flu Edition, we include payment options, types of vaccine available, times, dates, and locations of our public and school based flu clinics.

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For more information about our services, visit our website at www.cghealth.com.

Stay healthy,

Nola Aigner

Public Information Officer

Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health

Types of Flu Vaccine

The Health Department will be offering the following types of flu vaccine:

Traditional flu shot (ages 6 months and older) $23
High-dose flu shot (ages 65 and older) $41
Intradermal flu shots (ages 18 - 64) $25
FluMist (ages 2 - 49) $25
Pneumonia Shot (ages 2 and older) $98

Public Flu and School Clinics

The Health Department will be hosting several public flu clinics throughout the county. Below are the dates, times and locations for each clinic in September.

Wednesday, September 11	10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Mason City Senior Center
Thursday, September 12	9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Swaledale Townhall
Thursday, September 12	10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Rockwell Community Center
Thursday, September 12	1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Thornton Townhall
Thursday, September 12	2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Meservey Library
Monday, September 16	11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Plymouth Townhall
Tuesday, September 17	9:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Clear Lake Senior Center
Thursday, September 19	9:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Ventura Community Center
Thursday, September 26	11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	NIACC Activity Center - Mezzanine Area

In addition, to the public flu clinics, the Health Department will host flu clinics at back-to-school nights and school conferences. Clinics are available for students, parents, guardians and school employees. Make sure to check out the October edition of our flu newsletter, there are more back-to-school flu clinics in October and November!

Thursday, September 19	5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	Jefferson Elementary
Thursday, September 19	5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Hoover Elementary
Thursday, September 19	5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	Harding Elementary

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