Raising the Bar | This guidance document outlines recommendations health plans can use to raise the bar for maternal health equity and excellence as advocates and investors.
Advocate for and Invest in Maternal Health Equity
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Engage with Individuals and Organizations in the Community to Achieve Maternal Health Equity
Raising the Bar | This guidance document outlines recommendations health plans can use to raise the bar for maternal health equity and excellence as a community partner.
Improving Access to and Payment for Maternity Care in Community Settings
Raising the Bar | This document focuses on appropriate steps to support efforts to seek the following Medicaid reimbursement policies that are oriented toward supporting birthing in community settings.
The Opportunity Health Plans Have to Advance Equity As Employers
Raising the Bar | This guidance document outlines recommendations health plans can use to raise the bar for maternal health equity and excellence as employers.
Ensure Whole-Person Care to Achieve Maternal Health Equity
Raising the Bar | This guidance document outlines recommendations for ways health plans can raise the bar for maternal health equity and excellence as provider partners.
Increasing Access to High-Performing Maternity Services: Doula Support
Raising the Bar | Birth doulas provide emotional support, comfort measures, information, and advocacy for achieving the birthing person's goals during labor and birth.
Increasing Access to High-Performing Maternity Services: Midwifery Care
Raising the Bar | The midwifery model is based on investing the time needed to build a trusted relationship with the birthing person and help them build confidence.
Addressing Social Drivers of Maternal and Infant Health in Maternity Care Settings
Raising the Bar | This operational guidance provides core resources to enable maternity services to identify appropriate screening tools, incorporate them into systems and workflows, and identify and support the use of needed services.
Our Communities Hold the Solutions – Recommendations for Congress
BRIEF | Full-spectrum doulas are more important than ever in the post-Roe landscape.
Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Doula Support
This report outlines the evidence that supports the unique value of doula support across different communities, the safety and effectiveness of doula support in improving maternal and infant outcomes, the interest of birthing women and people in...
Recommendations to Increase Access to Doula Support
Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Doula Support - Recommendations | There is a strong evidence base to support including doula services in the standard package of essential maternity care services available to all pregnant, birthing, and...
Executive Summary: Improving Maternity Care Through Doula Support
Executive Summary | Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Doula Support outlines the evidence that supports the unique value of doula support across different communities, the safety and effectiveness of doula support in improving maternal and...