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5/11/2021 Are you a Pediatric Providers? Below is the information on how to access COVID vaccine for your practice and patients. Click here to register!

5/5/21 When studies show that 75% of adults over 19 years of age do not complete the series by receiving all 3 hepatitis B vaccine doses, Heplisav-B vaccine is the perfect solution.  Physicians now may protect patients in only 1 month with just 2 doses of Heplisav-B...

5/4/2021 The much-anticipated DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB vaccine, Vaxelis will begin shipping in June. Not only will this new combination vaccine reduce injections for infants, it may simultaneously be more convenient for healthcare providers.  Vaxelis requires no...

4/20/2021 The CDC’s 16 year old immunization platform will be reviewed in a webinar this Thursday April 22nd.  See the attachment for additional details on times and registration.  Any practices needing discounts on Trumenba, Pfizer’s MenB vaccine, MPPG can assist...

4/20/2021 Merck and Sanofi Pasteur’s MSP partnership is bringing fewer injections to infant immunization schedules this year!  This vaccine was approved by the FDA in late 2018 and given a thumbs up by the ACIP in 2020,  VAXELIS™...

3/16/2021 Due to the anticipated high-demand for influenza vaccine, Sanofi Pasteur has already sold-out of the standard-dose influenza vaccine, Fluzone Quadrivalent! Fortunately, this does not impact Flublok Quadrivalent or Fluzone High Dose Quadrivalent...

2/10/21 Practices can keep their Merck Contract Pricing and access the Prevnar 13 Discount.  Confusion is ubiquitous over the PREVNAR-13 savings finally made available after January 1st 2021.  MPPG vaccine contract savings will be explained and/or accessed by...

12/22/20 As the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna start to march their new hope across the US, we learn of a new variety of this SARs CoV2 virus, the UK COVID variant or UKSARS-CoV2 Variant 202012/01. 

12/2/2020 Yesterday the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an essential part of the CDC team, voted nearly unanimously on who is prioritized to get the first COVID-19 vaccines once available.  Healthcare workers and elderly persons living in long term care...

11/24/20 Pfizer has informed us that to access the earliest possible discount on Prevnar13, which will be January 1, 2021, you’ll need to REGISTER your practice yourself by December 15th, 2020. Follow the directions below. Instructions for MPPG members to enroll in...

11/12/20 As Reported in Healio, the AMA announced the needing CPT codes required for billing for the new COVID-19 Vaccine when available and appropriate. VACCINE CODES 91300: “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease...

11/11/20 Sanofi Pasteur announces another advancement in the fight to prevent meningococcal disease. MenQuadfi ™ (Meningococcal [Groups A, C, Y, W] Conjugate Vaccine) has been approved by the FDA for active immunization for the prevention of invasive...

11/5/20 MPPG, as a credible source, received an invitation to help spread the word about flu prevention.  #FightFlu

11/2/20 At long last MPPG members are finally able to access more favorable pricing on Pfizer’s pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevnar 13®.  Beginning January 1st, 2021 MPPG medical practices will have a Prevnar 13® discount!  Pfizer is offering this new 2%...

10/22/20 The Agenda is now available for the Oct. 28-30 Meeting of the Advisory committee on Immunization Practices.  The meeting will be virtual and no registration is required to watch the live meeting webcast. Several vaccines will be up for discussion, of...