Vaccination of people and whānau eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
Your Pinnacle Services Contract applies to this service. By claiming for this service, you have indicated that you have read and agreed to the business rules set out here.
This is NOT a clinical guideline.
Practices that have met the requirements of COVID-19 Operating Guidelines and have been signed off as a vaccinating practice.
When delivering the COVID-19 vaccination, you must send the vaccination data into the Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR). Pinnacle will automatically pay based on data in AIR. The price per dose for providing the COVID-19 immunisation service is as follows.
Price is GST inclusive.
Normal hours (and after hours from 1 December 2024):
No additional fees can be charged to the person.
No.
This service is funded via MOH through Te Whatu Ora.
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