ISSUE BRIEF | The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and extreme abortion bans and restrictions passed by states even prior to then, have had far reaching impacts on health care providers and the communities they care for.
Realizing the Transformational Potential of Maternity Care Payment Reform
REPORT | Health care payment reform – and especially alternative payment models (APMs) that tie payment to performance – are widely believed to be an important lever for achieving crucial quality improvements.
Technical Supplement to Realizing the Transformational Potential of Maternity Care Payment Reform
Methodology and Summaries of Maternity Care Episode Payment and Maternity Care Home Programs
The Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model
FACT SHEET | The Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model will be a decade-long pilot that aims to transform how maternity care is provided, who provides it, and how to pay for care that childbearing families need and want.
Black Women’s Maternal Health: A Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Persistent and Dire Health Disparities
REPORT | The reproductive health of Black women has long been compromised by interpersonal, institutional, and structural racism. In addition to contending with social and economic drivers of poor health that undermine Black Americans, they have experienced...
Leading the Way
REPORT | Reproductive Healthcare Providers that are Raising the Bar for their Patients and Communities
Advocate for and Invest in 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 advocates and investors.
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.
Coalition Letter on Suprise Billing
Letter to Congress urging action to end surprise billing and improve maternal health.
Federal Legislation to Improve Maternal Health: Summary and Status
Bipartisan legislation was enacted in the 115th Congress to support maternal mortality review committees and increase the supply of maternal health providers in underserved areas.
Listening to Asian and Pacific Islander Mothers in California
This issue brief highlights results from Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women survey respondents. It underscores many social and economic issues affecting pregnant and parenting API women, including their mental health, experiences with discrimination, postpartum...
Repealing the Essential Health Benefits Would be Devastating for Women’s Health
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the greatest advance for women’s health in a generation, but Republicans in Congress are dead set on rolling back key provisions that ensure women’s access to necessary health care services, such as maternity care. They are trading...
