Flu shots

The number of seasonal flu cases is high and keeps rising. Flu shots are covered in full for Tufts Health Plan members; there’s no extra cost.

 

El número de casos de gripe estacional es elevado y sigue en aumento. Los miembros de Tufts Health Plan tienen cobertura total para las vacunas contra la gripe; no hay ningún costo adicional.  

Yearly checkup and immunization rewards

  • Getting a yearly checkup (ages 3–9). Members earn a $25 Shaw's supermarket gift card or a $25 Target gift card to use toward a booster seat.
  • Getting a yearly checkup (ages 10–17). Members earn a $10 Target gift card.
  • Getting a yearly checkup (ages 18 and older). Members can earn a $25 Shaw's supermarket gift card.
  • Getting recommended childhood immunizations and screenings by age 2. We’ll send you a $25 Shaw's gift card.
    • The current recommended childhood immunizations and screenings include: four DTaP, three Hib, four PCV, three Hep B, three IPV, three Rota, one Hep A, one MMR, one Varicella, a blood lead screening and two flu shots. Your child’s doctor will talk to you about the best time to get these immunizations. We’ll also mail you reminders around the time when your child should get these immunizations.

How to get this benefit:   

  • Print an EXTRAS Reward Form (PDF). Or call us to request a form at 866-738-4116 (TTY: 711), Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 6 pm. We're happy to help.
  • Make a copy of the form for yourself.
Mail the completed form to:

Tufts Health Plan
Attn: Claims Department
P.O. Box 524
Canton, MA 02021-1166

Watch the mail for your gift card. It should arrive in six to eight weeks.

Note: You must be a Tufts Health RITogether member at the time of the doctor visit(s) and when we process your EXTRAS Reward Form.