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Happy National Nurses Week! Thank you for making our program possible. Be sure to recognize the nurses in your life this week!
This training will cover best practices for managing your facility’s inventory of soon-to-expire vaccine with the goal of reducing vaccine waste.
Date: May 29, 2025
Time: 12 noon
Primary Audience: Providers and Vaccine Coordinators for the Childhood Vaccine Programs
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The 2025-26 Vaccine Assessment Grid has been approved by the Washington Vaccine Association. The Vaccine Assessment Grid lists vaccines and immunizations, along with their CPT codes, that are included in the Childhood Vaccine Program and for which the dosage-based assessment (DBA) process is required when billing private/commercial insurers. Providers are required to submit the DBA with the correct Grid amount based on date of service.
The 2025-26 Vaccine Assessment Grid will be effective between July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
Please be aware that the 2025-26 Grid amounts are increasing from the current 2024-25 Grid amounts. Changes include CPT codes, NDC codes, and Grid amounts. CVP Providers are required to update their billing accordingly.
Short-Dated COVID-19 Vaccines for 2024-2025
Please be aware that the shelf life of the COVID-19 vaccine is now shorter than it was at the beginning of the season, and it will continue to decrease as we approach the end of the season. To effectively manage this reduced shelf life, the CDC recommends that providers order smaller quantities of the vaccine—sufficient for 3 to 4 weeks of usage—and place more frequent orders as needed.
Flu Vaccines
Providers should keep the flu vaccines until the end of the season. After the expiration date of June 30, 2025, please reconcile and return any remaining vaccines. Do not discard the flu vaccines.
The Immunization Action Coalition (Immunize.org) created a helpful webpage that includes common questions and answers related to documenting vaccines. Visit Ask the Experts: Documenting Vaccination for more information. See a sample below of some Q&A’s that are relevant to the Childhood Vaccine Program and Federal requirements.
As a health care professional, you play an important role in preventing the spread of measles and helping patients make informed decisions for their families. With ongoing measles outbreaks in the US, there are steps you can take to stay prepared—especially during the upcoming summer travel season. Join CDC experts and the AMA for a timely discussion on current trends in measles epidemiology, clinical recognition, the importance of vaccination, and how to prepare for and respond to measles, so you can keep yourself, your coworkers, and your communities safe.
Date: May 15th, 2025
Time: 8 am PT
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CDC recently published a measles cases and outbreaks update in the MMWR. During January 1–April 17, 2025, a total of 800 measles cases were reported in the United States, the second highest annual case count in 25 years. 82% were associated with an ongoing outbreak in close-knit communities with low vaccination coverage in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Eighty-five (11%) patients were hospitalized, and three have died.
In the April 25 weekly update, CDC reported 884 confirmed measles cases in 2025, with 93% of the cases associated with 11 outbreaks. Texas reported 646 of the 884 cases. 29 states reported measles cases, with Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, and Virginia reporting their first cases. A map of 2025 measles cases, as of April 24, is shown below.
 To prepare for and prevent measles cases and outbreaks, CDC encourages working with trusted messengers on culturally competent community engagement, education, vaccination efforts, and other infection prevention approaches. We can work together to increase MMR vaccination coverage to prevent measles cases and outbreaks.
Additional resources
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and May 19 is National Hepatitis Testing Day. Both hepatitis A and hepatitis B are easily preventable through routine vaccination. Hepatitis A vaccination is recommended for all children and for adults with risk factors for exposure to this acute infection. Hepatitis B, which causes acute and chronic infection, is preventable through routine infant vaccination and catch-up vaccination of everyone through age 59 years. Hepatitis C is not vaccine-preventable but is treatable. The Hepatitis Awareness Month Social Media Toolkit contains graphics and sample messages to use to promote Hepatitis Awareness Month and National Hepatitis Testing Day.
The Hepatitis B Foundation also recently released talking points and fact sheets to highlight the importance of the hepatitis B birth dose in infants to prevent chronic hepatitis B infection and liver cancer.
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The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently released Strategies for Communicating With Parents About Vaccines | JAMA | JAMA Network. The article covered effective communication strategies that can help clinicians build trust, navigate difficult vaccine conversations, strengthen parental intention to vaccine, and improve vaccine uptake. A presumptive approach presenting vaccination as the norm, listening for parents’ concerns, motivational interviewing, and prebunking unreliable information can all help to improve vaccine acceptance. Building trust through clear explanations, aligning messages with parental values, and leveraging social norms further strengthen vaccine confidence. Although some parents may not immediately accept vaccines, ongoing dialogue and consistent messaging can increase the likelihood of eventual acceptance. By using these communication strategies, clinicians can help ensure that more children receive lifesaving vaccines.
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