IE Health Goes to Individual Homes for Vaccination Outreach

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) has utilized My Turn online to provide and administer COVID-19 vaccines to nearly 4,000 homebound residents. The vaccine initiative, introduced by the California Department of Healthcare Services, asks health plans to help members who are unable to leave their homes to get vaccinated due to age, medical or other health reasons.

IEHP contacts a housebound resident directly and provides information about how to receive or schedule an in-home vaccination appointment. Through this effort, IEHP has administered COVID-19 vaccines to nearly 4,000 homebound residents.

“Every resident should be able to safely access the COVID-19 vaccine,” said Dr. Takashi Wada, IEHP vice president of population health. “Our teams are working hard to exceed the state’s initiative, ensuring all logistics and details like geo-mapping, member outreach and identification processes are effective and able to meet our homebound members where they are. Our goal is to make getting the vaccine easy, convenient and effective.”

For further assistance, for those without Internet access or to schedule appointments via phone, the number is 1-833-422-4255.