• AVAC Letter of Support for Appropriations Funding for FY2025

    AVAC submitted a letter to Chairwoman Baldwin, Chairman Aderholt, and Ranking Members Capito and DeLauro asking for increased funding of immunization-related activities as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Appropriations bill, including: $1.6 billion for the National Immunization Program; $241 million for Influenza Planning and Response at CDC’s NCIRD; and $150 million for CDC’s […]

    Letters to Congress Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Letter of Support for Appropriations Funding for FY2023

     September 20, 2022 The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Chair House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Patty Murray Chair Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Tom Cole Ranking Member House Appropriations Subcommittee on […]

    Letters to Congress Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Letter of Support for Supplemental Funding for Fiscal Year 23 Continuing Resolution

    September 22, 2022 The Honorable Patrick Leahy Chair Senate Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Chair House Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Richard Shelby Vice Chairman Senate Appropriations Committee Washington D.C. 20510 The Honorable Kay Granger Ranking Member House Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairman Leahy and DeLauro, Vice […]

    Letters to Congress Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Letter on Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations

    April 6, 2022    The Honorable Rosa DeLauro Chair House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Tom Cole Ranking Member House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Patty Murray Chair Senate Appropriations Subcommittee […]

    Letters to Congress Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • Supporting Supplemental COVID-19 Funding

    March 30, 2022 The Honorable Charles Schumer Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington D.C. 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Leaders: On behalf of […]

    Letters to Congress Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Offers Comments on Medicare Program; Hospital Prospective Payment Systems and Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements

    To Whom It May Concern:  As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2022 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability […]

    Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Offers Comments on the Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2022

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  Department of Health and Human Services  Attention: CMS-1746-P  P.O. Box 8016  Baltimore, MD 21244-8016  To Whom It May Concern:  As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to […]

    Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Offers Comments on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  Department of Health and Human Services  Attention: CMS-1748-P  P.O. Box 8016  Baltimore, MD 21244-8016  To Whom It May Concern:  As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 and […]

    Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Offers Comments on the FY 2022 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  Department of Health and Human Services  Attention: CMS-1750-P  P.O. Box 8010  Baltimore, MD 21244-8016   To Whom It May Concern:  As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on Medicare Program: FY 2022 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates […]

    Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Urges Senate to Support Full Funding of Immunization-Related Activities at the Department of Health and Human Services.

    March 10, 2021 Dear Chairwoman Murray and Ranking Member Blunt, As members of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we write to ask for full funding of immunization-related activities at the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS), and Education Appropriations bill. […]

    Letters to Congress Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Urges the Biden Administration to use its Presidential Budget to Tackle Vaccination Barriers

    Dear President Biden  As our nation undergoes a vaccination program that will be the greatest public health efforts of our generation, members of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) and stakeholder partners ask that as you consider updating longstanding structural flaws in our vaccine policies as part of the Build Back Better Recovery plan. Inequities […]

    Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
  • AVAC Releases Statement of Support for the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act

    Statement in Support of the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021 The following is a statement regarding the introduction of the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021 [link] from Patricia D’Antonio, co-chair of Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) and the vice president of professional affairs for The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and […]

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