Medicare Agent News: CMS releases updates to the Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration, and Cost Sharing under Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Basic Health Program (BHP) Vaccine Toolkit

Thursday, May 6, 2021

CMS releases updates to the Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration, and Cost Sharing under Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Basic Health Program (BHP) Vaccine Toolkit

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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an update to the Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccines, Vaccine Administration, and Cost Sharing under Medicaid, CHIP, and BHP vaccine toolkit.

This revised toolkit discusses a variety of updates such as:

· The expansion of the mandatory benefit for vaccine and vaccine administration coverage to all nearly Medicaid beneficiaries as required by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP).

· The enhanced 100% federal match for COVID-19 vaccines and their administration as provided for in the ARP.

· The authorization of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine.

CMS recognizes that the Department of Health & Human Services has released additional Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) declarations. The toolkit will be updated to reflect these changes in the near future.

Learn more here: https://www.medicaid.gov/state-resource-center/downloads/covid-19-vaccine-toolkit.pdf