Despite encouragement by CMS for Part D plans to provide vaccines without cost sharing to incentivize the use of these preventive services, about 4% or less of Medicare Part D enrollees had access to the vaccines examined in this study with no cost sharing, depending on the vaccine, in either Medicare Advantage Part D Prescription Drug Plans (MA-PDPs) or stand-alone Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) for CY 2017, with little change since 2015.

American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) created a series of one-sheet resources to communicate the role and value of immunization information systems (IIS) for use by the IIS community. Check out the resources below: IIS One-Sheets 4 Ways AIRA Supports the IIS Community EHR and IIS (Infographic) How IIS Support a Patient’s Journey (Infographic) Value of IIS (Infographic) Why a National …

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Adult vaccination rates remain low in the US and far below Healthy People 2020 targets

Immunization rates for vaccines covered under Medicare Part B are often much higher than vaccines covered under Medicare Part D