2025 MIPS Measure #240: Childhood Immunization Status

Quality ID 240
eMeasure ID CMS117v13
High Priority Measure No
Specifications EHR
Measure Type Process
Specialty Infectious Disease Pediatrics

Measure description

Percentage of children 2 years of age who had four diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP); three polio (IPV), one measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); three or four H influenza type B (HiB); three hepatitis B (HepB); one chicken pox (VZV); four pneumococcal conjugate (PCV); one hepatitis A (HepA); two or three rotavirus (RV); and two influenza (flu) vaccines by their second birthday

 

Rationale

Infants and toddlers are particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases because their immune systems have not built up the necessary defenses to fight infection (HHS-OIDP, 2022). One study estimated that routine childhood vaccines administered in 2019 prevented 24 million diseases (Talbird et al., 2022). Another recent study estimated that routine childhood vaccinations prevented 17.8 million cases of disease and 31,000 deaths for children born in 2017, in addition to saving $13.7 billion in health care costs (Carrico et al., 2022).

Immunizing a child not only protects that child's health but also the health of the community, especially for those who are not immunized or are unable to be immunized due to other health complications (HHS-OIDP, 2022).

 

Clinical Recommendation Statements

This measure looks for childhood vaccinations that should be completed by age 2, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC ACIP) recommended child and adolescent immunization schedule (CDC, 2023). 

-- For the 2023–24 season, see the 2023–24 ACIP influenza vaccine recommendations (Grohskopf, 2023).

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