Fierce Healthcare November 18, 2022
The percentage of individuals giving birth at home rose to a 30-year high in 2021 thanks to the desire of those in labor to avoid hospitals swamped with COVID-19 patients and the accompanying danger of infection that might result.
Nearly 52,000 home births occurred last year, according to a report (PDF) issued yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most insurers and employers who self-fund insurance currently do not provide coverage for home births. Whether the CDC data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic change their minds remains to be seen.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), meanwhile, stands by its recommendation that the safest places to give birth are at...
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