[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR410.57]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE

                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,

                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

                             HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 410_SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI) BENEFITS--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart B_Medical and Other Health Services

 

Sec. 410.57  Pneumococcal vaccine and flu vaccine.



    (a) Medicare Part B pays for pneumococcal vaccine and its 

administration when reasonable and necessary for the prevention of 

disease, if the vaccine is ordered by a doctor of medicine or 

osteopathy.

    (b) Medicare Part B pays for the influenza virus vaccine and its 

administration.



[63 FR 35066, June 26, 1998]