2021 Core Set Review Public Comments and Job Opportunities

Hello,

As a reminder, the Medicaid and CHIP Child and Adult Core Set 2021 Annual Review Workgroup is seeking public comment on their draft report: Recommendations for Improving the Core Sets of Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP: Summary of a Multi-Stakeholder Review of the 2021 Child and Adult Core Sets.

The report includes a summary of the Workgroup’s recommendations and is available here.

AIRA has drafted the attached comments letter and seeks your feedback to respond as a community on these measures. Please review the timeline below, based on the upcoming deadline for submission of comments by August 10.

Questions? Please contact Liz Abbott. As always, thank you for your efforts to amplify the voice of immunizations as part of broader public health efforts! 


Job Opportunities

The Rutgers School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, partnered with the New Jersey Department of Health, is seeking a Vaccine Manager for the New Jersey Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program ensuring vaccines secured through a Cooperative Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are managed and distributed appropriately among the approximately 900 enrolled medical providers throughout the state. More information about this position can be found here.

The New Jersey Department of Health is seeking a Program Manager to supervise, direct and coordinate the State's Vaccine Preventable Disease Program (VPDP) in coordination with the Communicable Disease Service management team. More information about this position can be found here.

As a reminder, all job postings are also shared on the Opportunities page of the AIRA website.

Brittany Gyer | Administrative Coordinator
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA)
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