{"id":801680,"date":"2019-11-23T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=374853"},"modified":"2019-11-23T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T18:30:00","slug":"cvs-to-provide-summit-county-with-virtual-doctor-visits-for-minor-illnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/cvs-to-provide-summit-county-with-virtual-doctor-visits-for-minor-illnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"CVS to provide Summit County with virtual doctor visits for minor illnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/SD_SD200810811209970AR.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-202656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/SD_SD200810811209970AR.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/SD_SD200810811209970AR-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/SD_SD200810811209970AR-325x202.jpg 325w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/SD_SD200810811209970AR-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/SD_SD200810811209970AR-620x386.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><figcaption><strong>Summit County residents will be able to receive prescriptions for minor illnesses without visiting a doctor with CVS MinuteClinic\u2019s virtual visits. The prescriptions then can be filled at the patient\u2019s pharmacy of choice.&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/><em>ALL |<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>FRISCO \u2014 For Summit County residents who have a minor illness that requires medication or a quick visit with a doctor, things are about to get a lot easier. MinuteClinic by CVS Health, is now offering video visits in Colorado. The service can treat people with minor illnesses, minor injuries and skin conditions 24 hours a day through the CVS Pharmacy App and online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Having access to the telehealth service can especially help Summit County residents who live in more remote or hard-to-reach areas as well as those who do not have health insurance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A CVS MinuteClinic video visit costs $59, which can be paid with credit, debit, FSA and HSA cards. Shannon Stern, MinuteClinic PR Account Executive, said insurance coverage is likely to be added in early 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To use MinuteClinic virtual visits, patients can sign up at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvs.com\/minuteclinic\/virtual-care\/video-visit\">cvs.com\/minuteclinic\/virtual-care<\/a>. MinuteClinic video visits are available in 40 states and can be initiated by the patient through the CVS Pharmacy app or on the MinuteClinic website. Any prescriptions deemed necessary from a patient\u2019s virtual visit can be filled at the patient\u2019s pharmacy of choice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/cvs-to-provide-summit-county-with-virtual-doctor-visits-for-minor-illnesses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summit County residents will be able to receive prescriptions for minor illnesses without visiting a doctor with CVS MinuteClinic\u2019s virtual visits. The prescriptions then can be filled at the patient\u2019s pharmacy of choice.&nbsp;ALL | FRISCO \u2014 For Summit County residents who have a minor illness that requires medication or a quick visit with a doctor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-801680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 22:44:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}