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title: H1N1 Admin Reimbursement
description: H1N1 Admin Reimbursement
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# H1N1 Admin Reimbursement

December 10, 2009

[insurance](https://chipsblog.pcc.com/tag/insurance), [vaccines](https://chipsblog.pcc.com/tag/vaccines)

I had grand plans to keep track of all the different payers and publicize/shame many of them, but by the time the data came in...it was too late.

Still, how have PCC clients fared with the new H1N1 administration code?

Better than I would have guessed.

The bottom line is that PCC clients averaged $14.90 from insurance companies and $16.73 from patients when they billed for the H1N1.  That's actually higher than our clients average for the 90465 or 90471, at least [when I looked at it last year](https://chipsblog.pcc.com/imms-admin-90465-vs-90471/).

Of course, the variance is large, but not entirely the fault of the payers.  I might look at a state - like AZ - and see that 1/2 of our clients are using the Medicare Code (G9141) and getting paid a penny because they charged a penny...while their neighbors use the 90470 and charge $25 and get paid $20.  Same procedure, two very different billing methods.

However, there are clearly some super-lame payers out there. A payer in NY - let's call them United - might pay $25+ to one practice and then $7 to another in the same county.

The *clear *"winner" for our clients is Tufts, available to folks in Massachusetts, often paying is excess of $40 per H1N1 admin.  Many of the payers in New England paid higher than the rest of the country, no question.  $25-35+.

Interesting stuff.

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