Immunizations

Health care providers who care for people with Medicare can use this updated 2024 immunization schedule from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to recommend vaccines.

This State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasizes major themes influencing general vaccine confidence and uptake among rural populations in the United States between 2017-2023, with a particular focus on COVID-19 vaccination.

A new sepsis and flu infographic created by the Sepsis Alliance to encourage the flu immunization.

Flu vaccination has been shown to reduce the risk of flu illness and more serious flu outcomes that can result in hospitalization or even death in people 65 and older.

This tool by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) generates a list vaccines adults may need based on answers to specific questions. Users should discuss the list with their doctor or health care professional.

Recommended 2022 immunization schedule from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for adults 19 years or older.

Watch this video presentation, hosted by the Health Resources and Services Administration, to learn how to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. This recording features Catherine Lindsey Satterwhite, PhD, MSPH, MPH, regional health administrator for the U.S. Department and Health Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in Region VII; Marwan Haddad MD, MPH, AAHIVS; and Kasey Harding MPH. You must use the following passcode to access the video: n1c=*y70.

The de Beaumont Foundation offers concise, practical guidance around language and messaging to support vaccine acceptance. This toolkit includes communication tips and specific recommended language emerging from a broader survey conducted on the topic.

The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity has released two videos that speak to the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, how communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and how it is important to get vaccinated to protect themselves and loved ones from the virus. The videos are available in English and Spanish.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new guidance removing barriers to COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations, and strengthening requirements that plans and issuers cover diagnostic testing without cost sharing.

Do you know how to code for administering a COVID-19 vaccine? View this webpage from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for more information.

Health care providers can view this webpage from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to learn how to enroll in Medicare to bill for administering COVID-19 vaccines.

What do you need to know to get a COVID-19 vaccine? View this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website for answers to your questions about the vaccine, including where to sign up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

This toolkit from the Immunization Partnership and Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) provides strategies for establishing and sustaining a coalition with the goal of improving immunization coverage rates.

This video addresses frequently asked questions (FAQs) about influenza vaccine storage, handling and administration recommendations, including best practices for the 2020–2021 influenza season.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is implementing 21 new procedure codes into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10_PCS) for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.