CMS no longer requiring states to report immunizations for children, pregnant women
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Dec. 30 that it will no longer require states to report measures reflecting the immunization status of children and pregnant women, but states can still report that information voluntarily. Those updates and others were made to the 2026 Child and Adult Core Set Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The agency said that it will explore options to facilitate the development of new vaccine measures that capture information on whether parents and families were informed about vaccine choices, safety, side effects and alternative vaccine schedules.
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