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X-WR-CALDESC:As part of President Biden’s commitment to increasing access t
 o vaccinations\, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today 
 announced an additional payment amount for administering in-home COVID-19 
 vaccinations to Medicare beneficiaries who have difficulty leaving their h
 omes or are otherwise hard-to-reach. There are approximately 1.6 million a
 dults 65 or older who may have trouble accessing COVID-19 vaccinations bec
 ause they have difficulty leaving home. To better serve this group\, Medic
 are is incentivizing providers and will pay an additional $35 per dose for
  COVID-19 vaccine administration in a beneficiary’s home\, increasing the 
 total payment amount for at-home vaccination from approximately $40 to app
 roximately $75 per vaccine dose. For a two-dose vaccine\, this results in 
 a total payment of approximately $150 for the administration of both doses
 \, or approximately $70 more than the current rate.\n\nPlease join us on T
 hursday\, June 10th for a Special Open Door Forum to learn more and ask qu
 estions about the at-home COVID-19 vaccinations for Medicare Beneficiaries
 \n\nWhat: Special Open Door Forum on at-home COVID-19 Vaccinations for Med
 icare Beneficiaries\n\nWhen: Thursday\, June 10 @ 3:00pm ET\n\nCall Number
 : 888-455-1397\n\nParticipant Code: 7102021\n\nMore information on Medicar
 e payment for COVID-19 vaccine administration – including a list of billin
 g codes\, payment allowances and effective dates – is available at https:/
 /www.cms.gov/medicare/covid-19/medicare-covid-19-vaccine-shot-payment.\n\n
 More information regarding the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider R
 equirements and how the COVID-19 vaccine is provided through that program 
 at no cost to recipients is available at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covi
 d-19/vaccination-provider-support.html.
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DESCRIPTION:As part of President Biden’s commitment to increasing access to
  vaccinations\, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today a
 nnounced an additional payment amount for administering in-home COVID-19 v
 accinations to Medicare beneficiaries who have difficulty leaving their ho
 mes or are otherwise hard-to-reach. There are approximately 1.6 million ad
 ults 65 or older who may have trouble accessing COVID-19 vaccinations beca
 use they have difficulty leaving home. To better serve this group\, Medica
 re is incentivizing providers and will pay an additional $35 per dose for 
 COVID-19 vaccine administration in a beneficiary’s home\, increasing the t
 otal payment amount for at-home vaccination from approximately $40 to appr
 oximately $75 per vaccine dose. For a two-dose vaccine\, this results in a
  total payment of approximately $150 for the administration of both doses\
 , or approximately $70 more than the current rate.\n\nPlease join us on Th
 ursday\, June 10th for a Special Open Door Forum to learn more and ask que
 stions about the at-home COVID-19 vaccinations for Medicare Beneficiaries
 \n\nWhat: Special Open Door Forum on at-home COVID-19 Vaccinations for Med
 icare Beneficiaries\n\nWhen: Thursday\, June 10 @ 3:00pm ET\n\nCall Number
 : 888-455-1397\n\nParticipant Code: 7102021\n\nMore information on Medicar
 e payment for COVID-19 vaccine administration – including a list of billin
 g codes\, payment allowances and effective dates – is available at https:/
 /www.cms.gov/medicare/covid-19/medicare-covid-19-vaccine-shot-payment.\n\n
 More information regarding the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider R
 equirements and how the COVID-19 vaccine is provided through that program 
 at no cost to recipients is available at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covi
 d-19/vaccination-provider-support.html.
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LOCATION:Open Door Forum (by Phone)
SUMMARY:CMS Bolsters Payments for At-Home COVID-19 Vaccinations for Medicar
 e Beneficiaries
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