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Overdue: Medicaid and Private Insurance Coverage of Doula Care to Strengthen Maternal and Infant Health

Part of the Resource Collection: Improving Birth Outcomes: Strengthening Awareness of and Support for State and Community Doula Networks Case Study
By: National Partnership for Women & Families, Childbirth Connection, and Choices in Childbirth February 2, 2022
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Doula care, which includes non-clinical emotional, physical and informational support before, during and after birth, is a proven key strategy to improve maternal and infant health. Medicaid and private insurance reimbursement for doula care would increase the availability and accessibility of this type of support and would advance the “Triple Aim” framework of the National Quality Strategy.

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