Can a state require Medicaid providers to become VFC-program registered providers in order to ensure that Medicaid-eligible children receive vaccine under the VFC program?
Yes, the state Medicaid agency does have the option to require participation in the VFC Program. Is it acceptable for a VFC-enrolled provider to turn away a VFC-eligible child because his/her parent didn’t want all the vaccines that a child was eligible to receive administered at one clinical encounter?Q&A added May 2009 This question is outside the scope of the VFC program. Is it acceptable for a VFC-enrolled provider to ask that parents who do not wish to have their child vaccinated to find a new medical home?Q&A added May 2009 This question is outside the scope of the VFC program.
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