It supplies vaccine at no cost to public and private health care providers who enroll and agree to immunize eligible children in their medical practice or clinic. If a child has health insurance that does not cover the cost of immunizations, the child can be taken to any health department or Federally Qualified Health Center in Ohio to receive a vaccination for free or for very low cost. The vaccines given by health departments are the same as those given by physicians in Ohio. There is little or no need to refer all or most patients to public clinics.
Providers continue to control who they see in their practice.
The VFC program does not require that you serve new patients based upon VFC eligibility. Enrollment and screening have been made as simple as possible. Free UPS delivery of vaccine to your practice in less than 10 days.