The goal of the Strong Start initiative was to improve the quality of prenatal care for Medicaid recipients by providing additional services and to reduce costs during pregnancy, birth, and the infant’s first year of life. Continue Reading
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Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns Initiative National Report
Date posted01/8/2019
New Government Report Recommends Birth Center Care
A new report from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), a branch of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), demonstrates birth center care has a larger potential impact on the reduction of preterm birth risk than any other recent medical or public health intervention. Continue Reading
Postedby Kate Bauer
Date posted11/9/2018
National BC Study II
A landmark study published in the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health,[2] shows that birth centers provide first-rate care to healthy pregnant women in the U.S. Continue Reading
Date posted01/31/2013