When you get a COVID-19 vaccine, your provider can’t charge you for an office visit or other fee if the vaccine is the only medical service you get. If you're in a Medicare Advantage Plan, you might have access to these same benefits. Check with your plan about your coverage and costs.If you aren't sure whether the hospital will charge you, ask them. Military hospital ships and temporary military hospitals don’t charge Medicare or civilians for care. Expanded telehealth services through December 31, 2024.You’ll still pay for any hospital deductibles, copays, or coinsurance that apply. This includes if you're diagnosed with COVID-19 and might otherwise have been discharged from the hospital after an inpatient stay, but instead you need to stay in the hospital under quarantine. All medically necessary hospitalizations.Monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19.
FDA-authorized COVID-19 antibody (or “serology”) tests if you were diagnosed with a known current or known prior COVID-19 infection or suspected current or suspected past COVID-19 infection. Your plan's deductible, copayment, and coinsurance rules apply. Medicare Part D covers oral antiviral treatment. If you test positive for COVID-19 and have mild to moderate symptoms, but are at high risk for getting very sick from COVID-19, you may be eligible for oral antiviral treatment. 
Some Medicare Advantage Plans might require cost sharing. Part B covers COVID-19 diagnostic tests without cost sharing when ordered by a health care provider and done by a laboratory. FDA-authorized and FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines.
Medicare covers items & services related to COVID-19
Be alert for scammers trying to steal your Medicare Number. Medicare covers items & services related to COVID-19. Medicare wants to help protect you from COVID-19: You might need to give them your Medicare Number for billing, but there’s still no cost to you for the vaccine and its administration. If you have Medicare and have a disability or face other challenges in getting to a location away from home for a vaccination, Medicare will pay a doctor or other care provider to give you the COVID-19 vaccine in your home. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Your health care provider can determine if and when you should get additional shots of the updated vaccine. Are immunocompromised (like people who have had an organ transplant and are at risk for infections and other diseases) and got 1 shot of the updated vaccine at least 2 months ago: You can get a second shot. Are 65 or older and got the updated vaccine at least 4 months ago: You can get a second shot of the updated vaccine. Already had at least 1 shot of the original COVID-19 vaccine but haven’t gotten the updated vaccine: You can get the updated vaccine at least 2 months later. Visit CDC.gov to learn more about the Novavax vaccine. CVS PHARMACY COVID VACCINE MASSACHUSETTS SERIES
Note: Some adults 18 years and older who have completed their primary vaccine series have the option to get a Novavax vaccine instead of the updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The updated Moderna vaccine is available for people 6 and older. The updated Pfizer vaccine is available for people 5 and older. Medicare covers the vaccine for anyone who has Medicare. Be sure to bring your Medicare card. The updated vaccine targets the original COVID-19 viral strain and 2 Omicron variants (BA.4/BA.5). Medicare covers the updated COVID-19 vaccine at no cost to you. 
Get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you can. Keep reading to learn more about these changes.
Telehealth services continue through December 31, 2024. Medicare doesn't cover over-the-counter (OTC) tests. You might have cost sharing for COVID-19 diagnostic tests. Medicare continues to cover vaccines without cost sharing. Moderately to severely immunocompromised individuals are eligible to receive a second bivalent dose two months after receiving a first bivalent vaccine.The Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 ended on May 11, 2023. Individuals age 65 and older are eligible to receive a second bivalent dose four months after receiving a first bivalent vaccine. Who is Eligible to Receive an Additional COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Vaccine The university highly recommends that all faculty, staff and students get vaccinated with a Pfizer or Moderna Bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine as soon as they are eligible. Pfizer and Moderna Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines are offered at the PHPC vaccine clinic. Visit for other vaccine locations throughout the region Open only to children 6 months through 11 years old Upcoming Vaccine Clinic Hours Open to everyone 12 years of age and older
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