You may have received a notice that Merck recently announced catalog price increases to many of their vaccines. Please remember that CPP members have 90 days to purchase vaccines at the pre-increase price before the new prices go into effect on November 10, 2021. For updated pricing sheets, please contact the CPP office.

CPP has also collected and created several price increase tools to help you manage through vaccine price increases. These include, but are not limited to, a budget impact worksheet, payer mix analysis and contact information for reimbursement support services available through the vaccine manufacturers. Visit the Vendor Price Change Tools area of our website for more details.

Members might be concerned about co-administering routine vaccinations along with COVID vaccines, especially in anticipation of a busy flu vaccination time this fall. The CDC has stated that COVID-19 vaccines can be administered without regard to timing of other vaccines, including simultaneous administration of COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines on the same day. 

They further recommend administering each injection in a different injection site if multiple vaccines are administered at a single visit. Best practices include:

For more information, please visit the CDC website on COVID-19 Vaccines.