Shifting Schedules: Unpacking the Competing 2025 Vaccine Schedule Changes
This Bulletin is brought to you by AHLA’s Physician Organizations Practice Group.
- September 25, 2025
- Heather M. Pearson , Bass Berry & Sims PLC
- Clint Hermes , Bass Berry & Sims PLC
With respiratory virus season looming, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) changes to annual immunization schedules for children and pregnant women, and responsive schedules issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), have sparked uncertainty for providers and patients. While immunization schedules, whether issued by the CDC or by a professional medical organization, function as guidelines, the CDC’s changes have downstream implications for health care providers to consider, including those related to insurance coverage, access, and liability. The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) further updates to the COVID-19 vaccine approvals add additional complexity to this rapidly evolving space.
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