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Keep Your Flu Shot Billing Straight With These Resources

Don't bill separately for vaccination supplies, intermediary warns. With fall comes flu season, and a round of questions about billing for flu vaccinations. Tip #1: Medicare covers only one flu vaccination per flu season per beneficiary, unless a physician notes in the medical record that an additional vaccination is reasonable and medically necessary, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in an MLN Matters article about the vaccinations at www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1026.pdf. You can actually follow this rule and still vaccinate a patient twice in a single year. For example, a bene could receive a flu shot in January 2010 for one flu season, then in November 2010 for the next flu season. Tip #2: Medicare pays for the vaccine and administration, regional home health intermediary Palmetto GBA notes in a frequently asked question on its website. "The cost associated with the syringe and supplies are included in the administration [...]
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