Wyoming COVID-19 Vaccine Information for Providers

Enrollment is required to receive COVID-19 vaccine from the Immunization Unit. If you’d like to enroll your facility in Wyoming’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program, send a message to wdh.covidrenrollent@wyo.gov indicating your interest. The Immunization Unit will reach out to you regarding next steps in the enrollment process.

Once you begin the enrollment process with the Immunization Unit, it is important to read through and follow the instructions provided here to ensure successful completion.

There are multiple parts to the Provider Enrollment Agreement:

1. Section A
   1. COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider Requirements and Legal Agreement: This section must be completed with information about the Organization. Electronic signature of both the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Fiduciary Officer (CFO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will be required in this section. A code will be provided that can be sent to each individual to log in and add their signatures. 
2. Section B
   1. CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider Profile Information: This section must be completed for each location (one or more) where individuals will be vaccinated, whether the location receives COVID-19 vaccine directly shipped or vaccine transferred from another location. 
   2. For example:
      1. The Organization has five associated facilities, including the main facility. Only three of these facilities, including the main one, will administer COVID-19 vaccine when it is available. Two of the three facilities intend to receive shipments of the vaccine directly; however, the third location will receive doses from one of the other associated facilities.
         1. Three total locations (Section B) will need to be added after Section A is submitted. 
3. If there is more than one facility that will be enrolled as a COVID-19 Vaccine Provider location, we recommend completing the information in Section A, then send the code provided during the process to each of the associated locations. This will allow facility staff to complete the information including shipping availability, storage equipment information and verification, etc. 

For more information, contact wdh.covidenrollment@wyo.gov.

Each enrolled COVID-19 provider site must have two staff members appointed as a vaccine coordinator at all times. Vaccine coordinators can be any level of staff including front office staff, clinical staff, or others. It is recommended that at least one vaccine coordinator be an individual that works directly with the vaccine but this is not required. Each vaccine coordinator is required to complete assigned training modules prior to the facility being eligible to administer COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccine Coordinators must complete the following training modules, which are found on the web page CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Training Modules.

• COVID-19 Vaccine Training: General Overview of Immunization Best Practices for Healthcare Providers
• Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Johnson & Johnson): What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know
• Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know
• Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know

Certificates must be submitted for each Vaccine Coordinator in order for training to be counted as complete. Please follow instructions at the end of the module to print your certificate of completion, then send the certificates to wdh.covidenrollment@wyo.gov. 

Find v-safe information, handouts, and posters on the CDC v-safe web page

• V-safe is a smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after someone receives a COVID-19 vaccination. Through v-safe, vaccine recipients can quickly tell CDC if they have any side effects after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Depending on their responses, CDC may follow up with them by phone to get more information. V-safe will also remind them to get their second COVID-19 vaccine dose, if needed.  
• CDC is requesting that healthcare providers give patients a v-safe information sheet at the time of vaccination and encourage them to enroll and fill out the surveys when prompted to do so. The information sheet explains v-safe and provides step-by-step instructions on how to sign up to participate. Vaccine recipients can use the QR code or URL on the information sheet to sign up at their convenience.  

Immigrant Concerns

In response to concerns of access barriers some immigrants are facing regarding documentation requests prior to receiving COVID-19 vaccination, and individuals inappropriately being sent bills for COVID-19 vaccine fees, HRSA developed two fact sheets to help both patients and providers better understand their rights and responsibilities regarding access to COVID-19 vaccines. The COVID-19 vaccines are free to all individuals living in the United States and these resources will help to empower patients and educate providers on this fact.

Provider Fact Sheet

In Spanish – www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/provider-covid-vaccine-factsheet-spanish.pdf

In English – www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/provider-covid-vaccine-factsheet.pdf

General website: https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-care-uninsured-individuals/index.html