Zdrowie i gospodarka · 03/10/1994

Medicaid Program; Charges for Vaccine Administration Under the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program

This notice with comment period lists, by State, the interim regional maximum charges that providers may impose for the administration of pediatric vaccines to Federally vaccine-eligible children under the Pediatric Immunization Distribution Program, more commonly known as the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. This notice also specifies the methodology that HCFA used to establish the maximum administration charges. In addition, the notice provides States that purchase vaccines for all children the option to use these maximum charges or devise their own, and clarifies that State Medicaid agencies may establish lower fees than these maximums if they can provide assurances of access to immunizations for Medicaid eligible children to the same extent as the general population. The publication of these administration charges is essential to implementation of the VFC program, which is mandated by law to become operational on October 1, 1994. We intend that this list be used on an interim basis until we issue a separate Federal Register document that will finalize these maximum regional charges and respond to any relevant public comments.