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Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services changed the rules governing flu and pneumococcal vaccines in 2002 to allow the use of standing orders for home health patients who receive the vaccines, most home health agencies still opt to obtain physician orders for each patient.

Flu season still means physician orders for most home health patients