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Policy Resources

Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy

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By The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Topics: Maternal Health, Mental Health, Policy, strategy

Alison Stuebe Jennifer E. Moore Pooja Mittal Lakshmi Reddy Lisa Kane Low Haywood Brown in Health Affairs

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By Alison Stuebe Jennifer E. Moore Pooja Mittal Lakshmi Reddy Lisa Kane Low Haywood Brown in Health Affairs
Topics: Policy, Postpartum

Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM)

Innovate
By The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Topics: Maternal Health

Analysis of Federal Bills to Strengthen Maternal Healthcare

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By Kaiser Family Foundation
Topics: Legislature, Maternal Health, Policy

Case Studies: How Tennessee and California Medicaid Programs Promote Access to Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Compensation, Medicaid, Policy, Postpartum

CMS Releases State Funding to Improve Integrated Care for Children and Pregnant and Postpartum Women Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: CHIP, Integrated Care, Medicaid, Perinatal Health, Postpartum, Quality of Care

Community-Based Maternal Support Services: The Role of Doulas and Community Health Workers in Medicaid

Innovate
By Institute for Medicaid Innovation
Topics: Medicaid

Current State Telehealth Laws & Reimbursement Policies

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By Center for Connected Health Policy
Topics: Medicaid, Policy, Telehealth, Telemedicine

Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality A Comprehensive Policy Blueprint

ActInnovateLearn
By Center for American Progress
Topics: Infant Mortality, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Policy, Racial Disparities

Equitable Maternal Health Coalition Continuing Medicaid/CHIP Postpartum Coverage Toolkits

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By Equitable Maternal Health Coalition
Topics: Medicaid

Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

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By Kaiser Family Foundation
Topics: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid, Policy, Postpartum, Pregnancy

Federal Legislation to Improve Maternal Health: Summary and Status

By Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), Every Mother Counts, National Partnership for Women and Families

Four State Strategies to Employ Doulas to Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes in Medicaid

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Doula, Medicaid

Improving Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural Communities

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By Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Topics: Medicaid, Policy, Rural

Improving Maternal Health Access, Coverage, and Outcomes in Medicaid

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By Institute for Medicaid Innovation
Topics: Medicaid, Midwifery

Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Four Care Models Decisionmakers Must Implement for Healthier Moms and Babies

ActLearn
By National Partnership for Women and Families
Topics: Doula, Equity, Midwifery

Infographic: State Team-Based Care Strategies for Medicaid-Eligible Women

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Medicaid, Postpartum, strategy

Inventory of State-Level Medicaid Policies, Programs, and Initiatives to Improve Maternity Care and Outcomes

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By Mathematica for MACPAC
Topics: Medicaid, Policy

Inventory of State-Level Medicaid Policies, Programs, and Initiatives to Improve Maternity Care and Outcomes

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By Mathematica for MACPAC
Topics: Policy

Maternal And Child Health Database

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By National Conference of State Legislatures
Topics: Data, Evaluation, Maternal Health, Telehealth

Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance – Policy Resources

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By Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
Topics: Advocacy, Maternal Health, Mental Health

Maternal Mortality Review Committees

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By Guttmacher Institute
Topics: Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRC), Policy

Medicaid Coverage of Pregnancy and Perinatal Benefits: Results from a State Survey

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By Kaiser Family Foundation
Topics: Medicaid

Medicaid Disaster Relief for the COVID-19 National Emergency State Plan Amendment Instructions

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By Medicaid.gov
Topics: Medicaid, Policy, Telehealth

Medicaid Emergency Authority Tracker: Approved State Actions to Address COVID-19

By Kaiser Family Foundation
Topics: COVID-19

Medicaid Expansion Fills Gaps in Maternal Health Coverage Leading to Healthier Mothers and Babies

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By Adam Searing and Donna Cohen Ross for the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
Topics: Medicaid, Policy

Mind the Gap: A Strategic Roadmap to Address America’s Silent Health Crisis: Untreated and Unaddressed Perinatal Mental Health Disorders

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By Postpartum Support International
Topics: Perinatal Health, Postpartum

NASHP Roundtable: Georgia and Illinois Work to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Maternal Health

National Academy for State Health Policy Map of State’s Efforts to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Postpartum Women

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Medicaid

NCSL’s Maternal and Child Health Database

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By National Conference of State Legislatures
Topics: Policy

New Eight-State Policy Academy Advances Access to Care for Pregnant/Parenting Women with SUD

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Behavioral Health, Maternal Health, Substance Use

New Jersey’s Project ECHO Builds Provider Capacity to Support Maternal and Child Health during COVID-19

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Capacity Building, ECHO Model

Promoting Better Maternal Health Outcomes by Closing the Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Gap

ActLearn
By The Century Foundation
Topics: Medicaid, Policy, Postpartum

Review to Action – Authority and Protections for State Maternal Mortality Review Committees

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By Review to Action
Topics: Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRC), Policy

Review to Action – Maternal Mortality Review Map and State Profiles

ActLearn
By Review to Action
Topics: Maternal Mortality, Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRC)

Safeguarding Maternal Health and Rights in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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By Center for Reproductive Rights
Topics: COVID-19

State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit: Policy Considerations for States Expanding Use of Telehealth

ActLearn
By Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Topics: COVID-19, Medicaid, Telehealth

State Policies to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

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By The Commonwealth Fund
Topics: Maternal Health

State Strategies to Address the Black Maternal Health Crisis

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Maternal Health

Telehealth and Preventive Care during COVID-19: A WPSI Webinar

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By Women's Preventive Services Initiative
Topics: COVID-19

Telehealth and the COVID-19 Response: Policy Changes and Implementation Strategies

ActLearn
By Health Management Associates
Topics: COVID-19, Telehealth

Telehealth in Maternal and Child Health Care

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By March of Dimes
Topics: Maternal Health

The Doula Medicaid Project

ActLearn
By National Health Law Program
Topics: Doula, Medicaid

The Maternity Medical Home: The Chassis for a More Holistic Model of Pregnancy Care?

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By Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Topics: Maternal Health, Medicaid, Policy

The MCH Navigator

By MCH Navigator
Topics: Equity, Maternal Mortality, Postpartum Visit

Tracker of Federal Maternal Health Bills

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By Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), Every Mother Counts, National Partnership for Women and Families
Topics: Maternal Health

Trends in Pregnancy Related Deaths and Federal Efforts to Reduce Them

Learn
By Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Topics: Maternal Mortality

Using Data, Incentives, and Innovation, Three States Work to Improve Maternal Vaccination Rates

Innovate
By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Data, Maternal Health, Vaccination

View Each State’s Efforts to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Postpartum Women

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Medicaid, Postpartum

Women In The United States Experience High Rates Of Coverage ‘Churn’ In Months Before And After Childbirth

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By Jamie R. Daw, Laura A. Hatfield, Katherine Swartz, and Benjamin D. Sommers in Health Affairs
Topics: CHIP, Insurance, Medicaid, Pregnancy

Featured Innovations

Improving Maternal Health Access, Coverage, and Outcomes in Medicaid

Trends in Pregnancy Related Deaths and Federal Efforts to Reduce Them

Tracker of Federal Maternal Health Bills

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