Vaccines Allocated for Enrolled Providers through Local Health Department

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All Michiganders Eligible For Vaccination Beginning Monday

Starting Monday, April 5, all Michiganders age 16 and up will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. With the expanded vaccine eligibility, providers are still encouraged to schedule appointments and allocate vaccinations to residents based on highest risk, including older residents, and frontline essential workers.

The most recent vaccine prioritization guidelines can be found at Michigan.gov/COVIDvaccine.

New Process Allocates Vaccines for Enrolled Providers through Local Health Departments

Nearly 3,000 provider practices of all kinds have enrolled in the COVID-19 vaccination program. These practices are an important part of the strategy to vaccinate 70% of Michiganders 16 years and older. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has recently experienced great success engaging a small number of providers who submitted applications. Initial reports indicate the 22 Community Pilot Project sites have met their goals, successfully vaccinating at-risk populations.

Local Providers Begin Administering COVID-19 Vaccine

Last week, MDHHS launched a pilot program in collaboration with local health departments to allocate vaccine to COVID enrolled providers. Through the pilot program, over 50 local providers have received or are scheduled to receive COVID-19 vaccine to administer to communities most in need.

Next week, MDHHS will expand this pilot of COVID-19 vaccine allocations to enable local health departments to directly allocate to other COVID enrolled providers within their communities. On a weekly basis, local health department will work with primary care providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Dialysis Centers, and other COVID enrolled providers to reduce barriers to access and improve reach at a community level.

• COVID enrolled providers do not need to take action to participate.
• To enroll in the COVID vaccination program, please visit this website.

COVID-19 Vaccine Survey for Enrolled Providers

MDHHS recently sent a survey to some enrolled providers to collect detailed information about populations they have the ability to serve. This data will be provided to the local health departments so they understand the populations that can be served by each provider practice as we move to this new phase of vaccine allocation.

If you did not receive a survey, or did not respond to the survey, you do not need to take action to participate. All enrolled providers are still eligible to receive vaccine.

As more vaccine is becoming available, expansion to the number of providers who can administer vaccines is expected. MDHHS looks forward to the time when all providers can receive all the vaccine needed to serve their patients. 

Accessibility at Michigan Vaccination Sites

MDHHS has published a new accessibility toolkit; Guidelines and Best Practices at Michigan Vaccination Sites. The accessibility toolkit provides a comprehensive list of best practices aimed to ensure the access needs of people with disabilities are being met at vaccination sites.

The toolkit includes guidelines for accessibility (e.g., accommodations, signage recommendations, linguistic competence) and communication aids (e.g., communication card, language interpretation information). The goal of the toolkit is to attain equity by utilizing tailored strategies in universal design through the vaccination process. 

New CDC Reference Materials

The CDC has released new reference materials for COVID-19 vaccines.

• The COVID-19 Vaccine Quick Reference Guide for Healthcare Professionals provides basic information on proper storage, preparation, and administration of all the currently authorized COVID-19 vaccine products in the United States.
• The Interim Clinical Consideration Summary provides an easy reference of clinical considerations.
• The Vaccine Administration Errors and Deviations table is an easy reference for information on handling vaccine administration errors. This table provides resources for preventing and reporting COVID-19 vaccine administration errors, as well as actions to take after an error has occurred.

COVID-19 Vaccine Data

As of April 1, 2021, we have distributed 4,997,505 vaccines to state partners and federal programs, and 4,401,510 vaccines doses have been administered as of March 31. As of March 31, 34.5% of Michiganders 16 and over have received their first dose of vaccine. 

For the most current information, please visit Michigan.gov/Coronavirus.