Home Health & Hospice Week
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Looking For Vaccination Billing Info? Try This New Tool
Published on Mon Jan 03, 2011
If you're looking for quick billing information on vaccinations, check out a new resource from CMS. The "Quick Reference Information, Medicare Immunization Billing" chart includes coding, coverage, and billing information for the seasonal influenza, pneumococcal, and hepatitis B vaccines, has been updated and is at www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/qr_immun_bill.pdf.
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