Resources
AVAC has developed a variety of resources for policymakers, health care providers, and our immunization partners. Explore all of the resources below or use our filters to narrow your search by type of resource and by type of policy.
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June 29, 2021
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 ImmunizationJune 8, 2021AVAC 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 ImmunizationJune 8, 2021AVAC 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 ImmunizationJune 8, 2021AVAC 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 ImmunizationMay 28, 2021AVAC Leads a Letter in Support of the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act
May 27, 2021 Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and Minority Leaders McConnell and McCarthy: During Older Americans Month, we, the undersigned organizations that care about healthy aging, write to offer our strong support for the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act (S. 912/H.R. 1978). This bipartisan, bicameral legislation, led by Senators Hirono, Capito, Whitehouse, and […]
Letters to Congress Eliminating DisparitiesMay 13, 2021Are we ready to immunize Americans on a mass scale with COVID-19 vaccines? webinar, May 13, 2021
Congressional and Press BriefingsMay 4, 2021AVAC Supports the Maternal Immunization Enhancement Act and the Maternal Immunization Coverage Act
Dear Senators Hassan and Cassidy, We write to express our strong support for the Maternal Immunization Enhancement Act and the Maternal Immunization Coverage Act. We appreciate your leadership around modernizing and improving maternal immunization rates. Since 2004, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued recommendations on the importance of maternal immunization, and currently […]
Letters to Congress Eliminating DisparitiesMarch 25, 2021AVAC 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 ImmunizationMarch 19, 2021AVAC Makes Recommendations to the Biden Administration on Immunization Infrastructure Systems (IIS)
Dear President Biden, The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a devastating toll on our society. With more than 400,000 American lives lost, millions of people forced to file for unemployment, and too many children falling behind in school during online instruction. As the national strategy for the efficient, effective, and equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines […]
Letters to Administration COVID-19 ResponseMarch 19, 2021AVAC Puts Forward Recommendations on the Biden Administration’s Vaccine Confidence Campaigns
Dear President Biden, Thank you for your continued efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthen vaccine confidence, and improve vaccination rates throughout the United States. We appreciate that the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 dedicates $1 billion to build vaccine confidence, support vaccine education, and improve vaccination rates for COVID-19 vaccines as well […]
Letters to Administration Benefits of Immunization