Learning Collaborative for Birth Center Sustainability - Summer 2025

Course Registration Fee

• $800 AABC Birth Center Members
• $1855 Non-Members (includes AABC Birth Center Membership).

Save $50 for each attendee when you register 2+ people to attend. Contact AABC at 215.234.8068 or aabc@birthcenters.org to access multiple registration discount.

Data Report Fee

• $1200/AABC Birth Center Members

Upon completion of the course, participants will be eligible to purchase a data report customized to their state, which includes reimbursement details by key codes, insurances, and comparatives.

"This is the first time that I feel empowered to negotiate with insurance with quantifiable data specific to our state, detailed presentations that are editable and shareable, key negotiation tactics and approaches to take, real time strategy that is customizable to our birth center, and the amazing support of all the presenters who are open and willing to support us in these negotiations.

"This is potentially so transformative for the field of midwifery, for thousands of families, and for our country! I have a new found hope!"

“The PowerPoint shared in this course has been such a valuable tool that I’ve used to ‘plug and play’ to tailor to specific payers."

"The information shared in the course has been really invaluable to our birth center. Even though I've been in my role at the birth center since 2014, it provided me with much appreciated negotiation strategies and answers to the most commonly used pushback tactics from insurance companies. I was also able to easily and quickly tailor some of the resources provided in the course specific to my birth center, and State. The powerpoint presentation has been the star of the show when presenting to various insurance companies and the leadership at the Dept of Human Services about why birth centers need to be reimbursed at a sustainable level. Buying the dataset after the class was a no brainer for me, because it FINALLY gave me a glimpse into what the hospitals are getting reimbursed for similar services. I no longer feel like I'm negotiating in the dark.

"It has taken A LOT of meetings with so many people but change is finally happening! I'm so happy and proud to share that we were able to negotiate a newborn facility fee in an MCO contract - the first in our State. This opens the door for our sister Pennsylvania birth centers to negotiate a similar structured contract, as well as push commercial payers to get with the program!

"I honestly could not have done it without the ongoing support of the faculty and other participants of the LCBCS workshop. Even two years after taking the class, they stand in my corner, willing to help talk through a strategy and bounce ideas off of. You will not regret taking this class, it really has been a game changer for us in PA."

Faculty

Brianna Bennett

Brianna is an expert in birth center administration and an experienced nonprofit medical manager.  She has served as faculty for AABC for more than 10 years teaching workshops throughout the U.S., consulting with midwives, medical leaders, and entrepreneurs.  She understands all facets of financial management, HR, marketing, program development, and business grit. 

Jillian Helleloid

Jillian has been working in the medical billing and coding field with freestanding birth centers since 2017. In 2025 Jillian opened her own consulting business, Bloom Birth Center Consulting, to assist midwives and birth centers with everything from contracting & billing to administrative support.

In addition to her professional experience, Jillian is a member of the IRC committee and currently serves as the treasurer of the Minnesota Chapter of AABC where she has been actively involved in advancing legislative changes to support birth centers in Minnesota.