Update on COVID-19 Vaccine and Vaccine Administration Cost
Medicare has increased and simplified its payment rate for administration of the COVID-19 vaccine to $40 per dose. This change may impact group health plans with respect to their payment rate to providers.
Non-grandfathered group health plans are required to cover, without cost sharing, the COVID-19 vaccine. This obligation extended to coverage associated with administering the vaccine. The federal government continues to pay for the vaccine itself through funding authorized by the CARES Act.
For vaccines administered in-network, plans will pay the rate negotiated with in-network providers, and that continues to be true. For vaccines administered out-of-network, however, group health plans must reimburse providers an amount that is reasonable, determined in comparison to prevailing market rates for such service. Guidance provides that the amount that would be paid under Medicare is considered reasonable.
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