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CDC resumes weekly flu activity reports
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015
Information about influenza activity in the United States is collected, compiled and analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in a report called FluView. CDC…
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MMWR October 30, 2015 / No. 42/ No. 42/ Vol. 64
:: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Coverage Among Female Adolescents in Managed Care Plans — United States, 2013
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is an effective primary prevention strategy that can reduce many of the HPV infections that lead to cancer, and is routinely recommended for persons aged 11–12 years. To determine whether the recommended HPV vaccination series is currently being administered to adolescents with health insurance, CDC and the National Committee for Quality Assurance assessed 2013 data from the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set. This report summarizes that assessment.

[Report excerpt]
…Most female adolescents in commercial and Medicaid health plans are currently not receiving the recommended doses of HPV vaccine by age 13 years. The HEDIS HPV vaccination measure was publicly reported for the first time in 2013, approximately 7 years after the quadrivalent HPV vaccine was licensed in the United States and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use in female adolescents (4), allowing health care providers time to adapt to the recommendations. Despite this, results from this study indicate that health plans are performing poorly overall with regard to HPV vaccination rates in female adolescents aged 13 years…