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Texas Children’s Health Plan estará cerrado el lunes 26 de mayo por el feriado. Durante nuestra ausencia, puede comunicarse con nuestra línea telefónica de ayuda 24/7 fuera del horario de atención al 1-800-686-3831. Reanudaremos nuestro horario habitual el martes 27 de mayo. ¡Le deseamos un fin de semana festivo seguro y feliz!
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Monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines Removed From Formulary on April 21, 2023
Date: May 8, 2023
Attention: All Providers
Effective Date: April 21, 2023
Call to action: Texas Children Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that effective April 21, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorizations of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines. This is to simplify the vaccination schedule for most individual vaccines, and monovalent are no longer authorized for use in the United States.
This announcement includes authorizing the current bivalent vaccines (original and omicron BA.4/BA.5 strains) to be used for all doses administered to individuals six months and older, including for an additional dose or doses for specific populations.
How this impacts providers: HHSC removed the following monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines on April 21, 2023, due to the recent FDA announcement.
NDC
Label Name
59267100001
Pfizer covid-19 vaccine-purple
59267100002
Pfizer covid-19 vaccine-purple
59267100003
Pfizer covid-19 vaccine-purple
80777027310
Moderna covid (12y up)vac(eua)
80777027315
Moderna covid (12y up)vac(eua)
80777027398
Moderna covid (12y up)vac(eua)
80777027399
Moderna covid (12y up)vac(eua)
80777027705
Moderna covid(6-11y) vacc(eua)
80777027799
Moderna covid(6-11y) vacc(eua)
80777027905
Moderna covid(6m-5y) vacc(eua)
80777027999
Moderna covid(6m-5y) vacc(eua)
Next steps for providers:
Providers should review the updated vaccination recommendations as it applies to members who:
originally received either of the monovalent Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
received any combination of monovalent and bivalent COVID-19 vaccines
are unvaccinated against COVID-19
Providers are encouraged to share this communication with their staff and to educate patients, our members.
