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Click on the below link to submit your request for Adult Vaccine Program doses that are for adults 19 years of age and older that are uninsured or underinsured.
Complete the survey for your facility by Tuesday March 7, 2023. Vaccines will be shipped in March.
Please make your request for 6 months of vaccine. We will have another vaccine request opportunity in July with vaccine shipments in September.
This is not an order. Requests for vaccines does not guarantee receipt of desired doses. If funding is not available, we will not be able to fulfill all requests. We will contact you regarding your request once the survey is closed.
Make sure you have completed:
- 2022-2023 Adult Vaccine Program Provider Agreement. To fill out this form, please use the provider agreement instructions.
- Monthly temperature log submission to WAAdultVaccines@doh.wa.gov as required, and monthly inventory reporting in WAIIS. (See Adult Vaccine Program Manual pages 23-24 for a reminder on how to complete the monthly inventory reporting in WAIIS)
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Survey request for six months of vaccine
Make sure to follow up with any additional requested items from the Adult Vaccine Program, if documents are not completed in their entirety.
This schedule for adult vaccination provides recommendations by age group as well as by medical condition, essential footnotes, and a summary of contraindications and precautions for adult vaccine use.
MMWR Article
Recommendations for Adults Ages 19 Years or Older, United States, 2023
Printable Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule for Ages 19 Years or Older 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) eliminated out-of-pocket costs as of January 1, 2023, for Medicare Part D beneficiaries who receive vaccines recommended for adults by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). For the first time, people with Medicare’s prescription drug coverage will pay no deductible and will not be responsible for any cost-sharing for ACIP-recommended vaccines, including shingles vaccine, Tdap, and travel vaccines.
Similar benefits take effect on October 1, 2023, for adults insured by Medicaid (those eligible for both traditional and expansion Medicaid coverage) and a small number of young adults covered by the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Between now and October 1, state Medicaid programs not already in compliance will revise their Medicaid vaccine policies to implement the new law.
CMS guidance notes that a Part D enrollee may still be required to pay some or all of the costs of a vaccine given to them if it is not recommended by ACIP for use in adults or is administered to a child younger than age 19 years. If ACIP recommends a new vaccine for adults during the plan year, Part D plan sponsors must require no cost-sharing for any applicable vaccine claims with dates of service after the recommendation is issued. Out-of-network claims also are required to be $0 for an ACIP-recommended adult vaccine.
CMS guidance states that CMS interprets “adult vaccine” and “vaccine . . . for use by adult populations” to refer to vaccines licensed by the FDA and recommended by ACIP for use in adults (age 19 years or older), whether on the CDC/ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule or ACIP recommendations published in MMWR. CMS also interprets the term “recommended” to mean all categories of ACIP recommendations: routinely recommended, recommended only based on shared clinical decision-making, recommended for use only for people with specific risks (such as those with certain medical conditions), and recommended for circumstances that are not mentioned on the Adult Immunization Schedule for routine immunization (e.g., travel).
Medicare Part D plans cover all vaccines that are commercially available, reasonable and necessary to prevent illness, and not covered by Medicare Part B. Medicare Part B vaccines (including influenza and pneumococcal vaccines) have been given to adult beneficiaries without cost-sharing for many years.
This important new Medicare Part D benefit removes financial barriers to vaccination for millions of people age 65 years and older: share the news with your patients, colleagues, and friends. Encourage those with Medicare Part D to get the vaccines they need today.
The Provider Map has been updated for providers enrolled in the Childhood Vaccine Program and the Adult Vaccine Program. You can use this map to identify any childhood or adult vaccine providers that are enrolled to receive publicly supplied vaccines.
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