2022-2023 Influenza Vaccine

Availability and Ordering

 August 29, 2022 

The Maine Immunization Program (MIP) is pleased to announce that influenza vaccines are now available for VFC enrolled providers to order through ImmPact. This document will instruct you on how to order the vaccine.

MIP will be supplying seasonal influenza vaccine for all children in Maine, ages 6 months through 18 years. 

The Vaccine Information Statement is available. Please continue to use the August 6, 2021 version. Please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/flu.pdf to obtain a copy of the current edition.  

 To ensure your facility will be eligible to place your vaccine order, please guarantee that the following are up to date within ImmPact:

• Provider Agreement
• Current ImmPact User Agreement
• Current submission of temperature logs
• Current reconciliation of inventory

Specific vaccine presentations offered by MIP for children 6 months through 18 years of age, MIP’s ordering parameters for specific populations (due to funding source restrictions), and the age indications approved by FDA are below:

How to Order Vaccine:

Please order only the amount of vaccine that you know you will be administering for a 6-week time period. This will help minimize the amount of refrigerator space that you are using for storage and aid in reducing the amount of wasted doses at the end of the influenza season.   

When the influenza vaccine presentations have been delivered to the distribution center you will see them added as a choice on your vaccine order list. There will also be an announcement posted to the ImmPact Home Page. Influenza vaccine is displayed as the following:

Creating a vaccine order:

 Under the Inventory section on the side menu in ImmPact:

• Select “Manage Orders” by clicking on the link
• Click “Create New Order” located in the middle of the screen
• Choose the influenza vaccine presentation and enter the dose amount that you would like to receive
• After creating your order click “Submit Order”

NOTE: When the vaccines arrive at your facility, click the “manage transfers” link, click the blue hyperlink date under the Create Date column, Click the Accept Transfer tab

Additional information and contacts:

NOTE: It is allowable to bill a reasonable administration fee provided that no patient is denied state supplied vaccine for inability to pay. If the patient is VFC eligible you may not bill for more than $21.58 for the administration fee.