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Policy Resources

A Racial Equity Framework for Assessing Health Policy

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By The Commonwealth Fund
Topics: Equity, Policy, Race
Added: January 21, 2022

Advancing Health Equity Through Improved Access to Patient-Centered Contraceptive Care

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By Families USA
Topics: Contraception, Equity, Maternal Health, Policy
Added: December 3, 2021

Advancing Maternal Health Equity in Southern States: What Are Medicaid Programs Doing and What More Could They Do?

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By Carla Willis, Jennifer M. Haley, Leandra Lacy, Sofia Hinojosa
Topics: Policy
Added: February 3, 2023

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
Added: April 12, 2021

Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM)

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By The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Topics: Maternal Health
Added: February 6, 2021

AMCHP Maternal Health Bill Tracker (117th Congress)

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By Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
Topics: Legislature, Maternal Health, Policy
Added: August 6, 2021

Analysis of Federal Bills to Strengthen Maternal Healthcare

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By Kaiser Family Foundation
Topics: Legislature, Maternal Health, Policy
Added: April 12, 2021

Association of Teachers of Maternal & Child Health (ATMCH) Teaching & Learning Resources

By ATMCH
Topics: Capacity Building, Data, Doula, Engagement
Added: July 2, 2021

Black Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda

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Topics: BIPOC, Black Maternal Health, Black Women, Maternal Health, Policy, reproductive justice
Added: August 25, 2021

Bright Spots: Highlighting Sucessful State Policies to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

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By Families USA
Topics: Maternal Health, Policy, Public Health
Added: December 2, 2021

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
Added: February 6, 2021

Centering Equity in Maternal Health Innovation through Policy and Engagementlotus flower

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By MHLIC
Added: January 17, 2023

CMS Issues Guidance on New Postpartum Coverage State Option in Medicaid and CHIP

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By Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Maggie Clark
Topics: Maternal Health, Policy
Added: March 3, 2022

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
Added: February 6, 2021

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

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By Institute for Medicaid Innovation
Topics: Medicaid
Added: December 9, 2020

Current State Telehealth Laws & Reimbursement Policies

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By Center for Connected Health Policy
Topics: Medicaid, Policy, Telehealth, Telemedicine
Added: April 12, 2021

Doula Care and Maternal Health: An Evidence Review

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By Andre Chappel, Benjamin D. Sommers, Kathleen Knocke, Nancy De Lew, Sarah Sugar
Topics: Equity, Policy
Added: February 3, 2023

Doula Care in the United Stateslotus flower

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By MHLIC
Topics: Doula, Maternal Health, Medicaid, Policy, Public Health
Added: August 9, 2021

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

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By Center for American Progress
Topics: Infant Mortality, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Policy, Racial Disparities
Added: April 12, 2021

Equitable Maternal Health Coalition Continuing Medicaid/CHIP Postpartum Coverage Toolkits

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By Equitable Maternal Health Coalition
Topics: Medicaid
Added: December 10, 2020

Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

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By Kaiser Family Foundation
Topics: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid, Policy, Postpartum, Pregnancy
Added: April 12, 2021

Extending Medicaid Coverage For Postpartum Moms

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By Alison Stuebe, Haywood Brown, Jennifer E. Moore, Lakshmi Reddy, Lisa Kane Low, Pooja Mittal
Topics: Policy, Postpartum
Added: April 12, 2021

Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage: State Pathways and Policy Impacts

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By Prenatal to 3 Policy Impact Center
Topics: Economic Impact, Equity, Medicaid, Policy, Postpartum
Added: March 4, 2022

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
Added: January 7, 2021

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
Added: December 10, 2020

Funding Resilience: Advancing Multisector Investments for Equity©

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By Georgia Health Policy Center
Topics: Funding, Legislature, Policy
Added: August 3, 2022

Healing Through Policy: Sample Policies and Practices to Address Systemic Health and Racial Inequities

By de Beaumont
Topics: Equity, Policy, Race
Added: January 3, 2022

Health Affairs Journal – February 2022

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By Health Affairs Journal, Various Authors
Topics: Black Women, Community, Data, Equity, Policy, Public Health, Reproductive Health, Structural Racism
Added: March 4, 2022

Improving Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural Communities

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By Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Topics: Medicaid, Policy, Rural
Added: April 12, 2021

Improving Maternal Health Access, Coverage, and Outcomes in Medicaid

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By Institute for Medicaid Innovation
Topics: Medicaid, Midwifery
Added: December 10, 2020

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

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By National Partnership for Women and Families
Topics: Doula, Equity, Midwifery
Added: December 28, 2020

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
Added: February 6, 2021

Intersectionality Policymaking Toolkit

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By The George Washington University Intersectionality Research Institute
Topics: Equity, Policy
Added: March 3, 2022

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
Added: April 12, 2021

Local Wellness Funds: Advancing the Practice

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By Georgia Health Policy Center
Topics: Equity, Policy
Added: April 27, 2022

Maternal And Child Health Database

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By National Conference of State Legislatures
Topics: Data, Evaluation, Maternal Health, Telehealth
Added: February 6, 2021

Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance – Policy Resources

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By Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
Topics: Advocacy, Maternal Health, Mental Health
Added: April 12, 2021

Maternal Mortality Review Committees

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By Guttmacher Institute
Topics: Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRC), Policy
Added: April 12, 2021

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

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By Kaiser Family Foundation
Topics: Medicaid
Added: December 28, 2020

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

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By Medicaid.gov
Topics: Medicaid, Policy, Telehealth
Added: February 6, 2021

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

By Kaiser Family Foundation
Topics: COVID-19
Added: December 28, 2020

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
Added: April 12, 2021

Midwifery: An Evidence-Based Solution for Disrespect, Racism and Other Challenges in Maternity Care

By Boston University School of Public Health, Harvard University, HRSA
Topics: Community, Harm Reduction, Medicaid, Midwife, Midwifery, Policy, Public Health
Added: September 7, 2021

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
Added: April 12, 2021

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
Added: December 28, 2020

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
Added: December 10, 2020

NCSL’s Maternal and Child Health Database

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By National Conference of State Legislatures
Topics: Policy
Added: April 12, 2021

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
Added: February 6, 2021

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
Added: February 6, 2021

Perinatal Cannabis Use in the Era of Increasing Legalization: Considerations for State MCH Programs

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By Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
Topics: Maternal Health, Perinatal Health, Peripartum, Policy, Public Health
Added: December 2, 2021

Policymakers Have More Work to Do to Address the Black Maternal Health Crisis

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By Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Kay Johnson, Maggie Clark
Topics: Policy
Added: May 12, 2022

Postpartum 1115 Waiver State Evaluation Planslotus flower

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By MHLIC
Topics: Data, Evaluation, Policy
Added: November 17, 2021

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

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By The Century Foundation
Topics: Medicaid, Policy, Postpartum
Added: April 12, 2021

Putting Maternal Mental Health on the Map

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By Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
Topics: Maternal Health, Mental Health, Policy
Added: January 5, 2022

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
Added: April 12, 2021

Review to Action – Maternal Mortality Review Map and State Profiles

ActLearn
By Review to Action
Topics: Maternal Mortality, Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRC)
Added: April 12, 2021

Reviewing Policies for Equity Impact: A Tool to Support Equitable Maternal Health Outcomeslotus flower

ActLearn
By MHLIC
Topics: Equity, Policy
Added: May 18, 2021

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
Added: December 28, 2020

Spark Sessionslotus flower

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By MHLIC
Topics: Maternal Care
Added: November 2, 2022

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
Added: February 6, 2021

State Policies to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

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By The Commonwealth Fund
Topics: Maternal Health
Added: December 28, 2020

State Strategies to Address the Black Maternal Health Crisis

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Black Maternal Health, Equity, Maternal Health
Added: December 28, 2020

State-Level Social and Economic Policies and Their Association With Perinatal and Infant Outcomes

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By DAVID PAUL, JESSICA L. WEBSTER, JONATHAN PURTLE, NEAL D. GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT LOCKE
Topics: Economic Impact, Perinatal Health, Policy
Added: February 15, 2022

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

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By Women's Preventive Services Initiative
Topics: COVID-19
Added: December 28, 2020

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

ActLearn
By Health Management Associates
Topics: COVID-19, Telehealth
Added: December 28, 2020

Telehealth in Maternal and Child Health Care

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By March of Dimes
Topics: Maternal Health
Added: December 28, 2020

The Doula Medicaid Project

ActLearn
By National Health Law Program
Topics: Doula, Medicaid
Added: April 12, 2021

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
Added: April 12, 2021

The MCH Navigator

By MCH Navigator
Topics: Equity, Maternal Mortality, Postpartum Visit
Added: December 16, 2020

Tracker of Federal Maternal Health Bills (116th Congress)

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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
Added: December 28, 2020

Tracking Progress of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus

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By The Century Foundation
Topics: Policy
Added: March 3, 2022

Trends in Pregnancy Related Deaths and Federal Efforts to Reduce Them

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By Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Topics: Maternal Mortality
Added: December 9, 2020

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

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By National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Data, Maternal Health, Vaccination
Added: February 6, 2021

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
Added: February 6, 2021

Virginia Invests in Doulas to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes

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By Abena Asare, National Academy for State Health Policy
Topics: Equity, Maternal Health, Medicaid, Policy
Added: March 3, 2022

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
Added: April 12, 2021

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