VFC – Providers

VFC - Providers

Benefits to Providers

• Free vaccine
• No cost to participate
• Free immunization assessment
• Regional representative
• Reduce client out-of-pocket expense
• Ensure timely vaccinations
• Medicaid reimbursement for administration costs
• Free training for staff members
• Keep patients in medical home for comprehensive health care

What Children are Eligible

• All children birth through 18 years of age who are:
• Enrolled in Medicaid Program
• Enrolled in Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
• American Indian/Alaskan Native
• Without health insurance
• Under-insured* (insurance doesn’t cover immunizations)

*Under-insured children may receive VFC-supplied vaccines only at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) or Medicare Certified Rural Health Centers (RHC).

VFC providers (local health departments and private providers) can vaccinate under-insured patients with their own privately-purchased vaccine and follow their clinic policies for collection of payment.

Available Immunizations