Columbia Allergy and Asthma Specialists

09/30/2025

WE HAVE FLU SHOTS AVAILABLE...DROP IN AND GET YOURS ANYTIME WE ARE OPEN

09/25/2025

WHAT?!?!?!?...LOCAL SODA THAT IS ALPHA GAL FRIENDLY??? 😃

Missouri-made soda skips the sugar and delivers the golden taste of honey by Sara Schafer | sschafer@ruralmissouri.coop Heather Mincer had no plans to start a beverage company. The stay-at-home mom turned chicken farmer was just trying to solve a problem. She and her son had both been diagnosed with...

09/23/2025

The Federal Trade Commission in 2014 wrote a 58 page perspective in support of independent practice of APN's .....and yet in MO, we are STILL fighting for this right. Please share this report with your legislators! We have got to do better for the health care of Missourians.

09/22/2025

Do you have alpha gal? Did you know that Jefferson City has a great option to help out?

ORDER NOW About usWe are a 100% Alpha Gal Safe food company located in Jefferson City, MO. We are passionate about creating high quality food for those living with Alpha Gal Syndrome! As someone who lives with Alpha Gal, along with two of my children, I know all too well what it’s like living with...

09/20/2025

09/11/2025

If you have BCBS and have received letters stating that we are/or going to be out of network this is false information. After a week and a half of trying to get through to talk to an actual person from BCBS, I found out that it was a "system error" that occurred in August and that the "error" has been "corrected". Unfortunately, it was not corrected prior to the letters being generated and sent. Right now we are seeing it specific to BCBS of Illinois and Minnesota, but it could be for others. So sorry about this but I assure you we had nothing to do with it :-)

09/10/2025

For our clients who have United Health Care insurances....UHC is starting to deny payments for allergy serum stating that it is not "medically necessary". For those claims that have been denied, we have sent medical records, as well as appealed and still they have denied payments. We have no choice but to move the balances to patient responsibility, and ask that if you are left with this amount as your responsibility, that you talk to your HR, or call your plan and ask for a reconsideration. Nothing has changed in the way we have provided care, billed insurances, and there has been no code changes leading to this. They just decided to no longer pay. Please help us get this fixed...

09/02/2025

Have unused, outdated or no longer needed medications? See link for biannual take back day..

The drug overdose epidemic in the United States is a clear and present public health, public safety, and national security threat. DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day reflects DEA’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications fro...

08/26/2025

Does your child complain of an itchy mouth, tongue, or throat when they eat certain raw fruits and veggies? It could be Oral Allergy Syndrome (OAS), also called Pollen-Food Syndrome (PFAS).

https://community.kidswithfoodallergies.org/blog/understanding-oral-allergy-syndrome

The pollens of some trees, grasses, and weeds are similar to the proteins of certain raw fruits, vegetables, seeds, or nuts. These food proteins cross-react and cause localized symptoms in the mouth or throat. Symptoms can be worse during the times when the pollen you are allergic to is highest - like now during ragweed season.

OAS/PFAS can cause symptoms such as an itchy or tingling mouth, face, tongue, or throat. There can be some mouth and throat swelling or hives where the food touches the skin. Rarely, OAS can trigger anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction, so it is important to know if you have OAS or a food allergy and how to treat it. Make an appointment with your child’s allergist if they are having allergy symptoms after eating foods.

08/26/2025

To our August birthdays.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎈🎁🎉

08/25/2025

Need a resource to know where you can drop off unused medications? expired medications? or EpiPens? check this site .....

08/18/2025

Just a reminder to plan ahead.....we will be Closed Monday September 1st in observance of Labor Day.