How to Become MVP Certified
This page outlines what a healthcare provider or site needs to do to become a Most Valuable Provider (MVP). Once a site satisfies these requirements and is certified, they will be listed on the MVP Certified Sites page. Other benefits of being a MVP site are listed in the table below.
Please contact Elizabeth Janks at e.janks@wayne.edu to begin the MVP disability training process.
| MVP Criteria | Description | Benefits |
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| Step 1: Training | The site's healthcare workers complete 90-minute online MVP Disability Training (https://ddi.wayne.edu/mvp/disability-training) |
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| Step 2: ADA Compliance | Site is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (i.e., wheelchair accessible) |
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| Step 3: Sensory-friendly | Site is Sensory-Friendly (i.e., phone consultation with Autism Alliance of Michigan to discuss sensory-friendly resources) |
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| Step 4: Data Collection | Disability status collected using the ACS-6/BRFSS questions (see below table). Site provides monthly data - during the funding period only (ending 6/30/2024) |
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| Step 5: Marketing | Market immunization clinic/events as MVP/disability friendly |
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Six questions used by the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) to determine disability status:
- Are you deaf, hard of hearing, or do you have serious difficulty hearing?
- Are you blind, or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?
- Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions? (5 years or older)
- Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs? (5 years or older)
- Do you have difficulty dressing or bathing? (5 years or older)
- Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping? (15 years or older)