By Fort Campbell Public Affairs

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Blanchfield Army Community Hospital’s (BACH) patient care teams expect Fort Campbell to begin providing the flu vaccine to families within the Patient-Centered Medical Homes Sept. 29. Preventive medicine staff members will offer the vaccine in multiple venues again this year.

Active duty Soldiers preparing to deploy are receiving the first vaccines. Patients enrolled to BACH medical homes, including Byrd Soldier and Family Medical Home, LaPointe Soldier Medical Home and Screaming Eagle Medical Home,
will be able to receive the vaccine during scheduled appointments. Patients assigned to BACH may also receive the vaccine without an appointment during walk-in hours within their assigned medical home.

BACH’s preventive medicine team also plans to offer the influenza vaccine to all TRICARE beneficiaries with a military ID card during six public events at the Post Exchange, the Commissary and the Town Center Pharmacy. The influenza vaccine will be offered two days at each location during late-October:

Post Exchange: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wed., Oct. 15 and Wed., Oct. 29
Commissary: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fri., Oct. 17 and Fri., Oct. 31
Town Center Pharmacy: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wed., Oct. 22 and Fri., Oct. 24

In addition, BACH’s Preventive Medicine team will work in conjunction with staff throughout Fort Campbell Schools to offer the vaccine to students during the school day.

Patients Assigned to Providers Outside of BACH
Patients assigned to a network primary care provider (off post) should ask to receive the flu vaccine from their assigned primary care manager (PCM). If their assigned healthcare provider does not offer the flu vaccine as a
TRICARE-covered benefit, patients may receive the influenza vaccine with no copayment at participating retail network pharmacies. To find a participating pharmacy, visit www.express-scripts.com/TRICARE/pharmacy or call
1-877-363-1303.

Flu shots will also be provided during the Fort Campbell Retiree Appreciation Day Sept. 27 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The health fair will be located in the hospital’s “C” entrance off Bastogne Avenue and the Retiree Fair will be at
Cole Park Commons.