Ballroom G (Crowne Plaza Ravinia)
Tuesday, October 28, 2003: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

D1: Innovative Immunization Registry Funding Strategies

This session will highlight various methods for funding Registries. These methods include ways to equitably distribute operating costs. The session also discusses how to identify possible new funding sources.
Learning Objectives: Describe ways to equitably distribute operating costs of immunization registries and identify possible new funding sources.

Moderator:Karen Fowler
3:30 PM Introductory Remarks
3:45 PM Discussion
4:00 PM 3808A policy proposal to fund expansion of immunization registries
Kathryn Atchison, Cynthia Grubbs, Anne Hume, Robert McNellis, Christopher Rizzo, Izzat Sbeih
4:15 PM 3913Exploring a Vaccine Surcharge for Registry Funding*
Bill Brand
4:30 PM 3741Innovative Funding and Legislative Strategies to Sustain Immunization Registries
Barbara Canavan

The 2003 Immunization Registry Conference (October 27-29, 2003) of CDC