Boosting Children's Vaccine Access: Provider Incentives and Medicaid Expansion.
This Act aims to improve children's access to free vaccines by strengthening the VFC and Medicaid programs. It introduces financial incentives for healthcare providers to increase participation and expands the definition of eligible children to explicitly include those covered by the CHIP program. Furthermore, it mandates coverage for vaccine counseling and educational services for parents.
Key points
Healthcare providers receive financial bonuses (totaling $10,000 in scheduled payments) for participating in the VFC program, aiming to increase vaccine availability.
Children enrolled in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are now clearly eligible for free vaccines under the VFC program.
Medicaid must cover vaccine counseling and educational services for children under 19 as a mandatory benefit.
Payment rates for providers for vaccine administration are temporarily raised to not less than 100 percent of the Medicare rate.
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