Can we supply State Soldiers Homes and non-va Nursing Homes that house VA patients requesting influenza vaccine?
Generally VA only provides medications, including flu vaccine, to State Soldiers Homes’ supplies when a VA facility has established a contract to provide such services. Unless a VA facility has an agreement to vaccinate enrolled veterans residing in a State Soldiers Home or non-va Nursing Home, patients must visit a VA facility to receive their flu vaccine. The State Soldiers Home or non-VA Nursing Home administrator should provide names and social security numbers of enrolled veterans residing in their facility to VA so VA can verify eligibility, assure adequate vaccine supply, and coordinate plans for providing flu vaccine to this veteran population. It is very important to document the receipt of flu vaccine at locations outside the VA facility. This needs to be recorded in the enrolled veteran’s CPRS health record in order to satisfy (turn off ) the CPRS Clinical Reminder for flu vaccine and prevent giving the enrolled veteran an unnecessary second flu vaccine when he/she presents
