It is supposed to make sure its contractors are meeting a few benchmarks: how many clients each one serves and how many they have referred to Medicaid and the Nurse-Family Partnership, a program that sends nurses to the homes of low-income first-time mothers and has been proven to reduce...
Insurance coverage and prenatal care among low-income pregnant women: an assessment of states’ adoption of the “unborn child” option in Medicaid and CHIP. Med Care. 2014;52(1):10-19. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000000020PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 17. Clark M. Medicaid and CHIP ...
Insurance coverage for abortion care varies by state and insurer. The Hyde Amendment prohibits use of federal funds to pay for abortion except in cases of life endangerment, incest, or rape. Medicaid programs in 16 states allocate state funds to pay for abortion for those living at low incomes...
Of the 1932 infants, approximately 140 had a first trimester exposure to zidovudine, 430 had a second or third trimester exposure to zidovudine, and 1362 had no prenatal exposure to zidovudine based on Medicaid claims. Overall, infants of HIV-infected women in the study group were significantly ...
Almost half of participants were Black or African American (45.2%), had some college education or a college degree (46.8%), and most were Medicaid-insured (64.5%). At baseline, participants were on average 18.9 weeks pregnant. Most women reported financial strain, such as difficulty paying ...