CMS selects 15 states for maternal health initiative: 5 notes

Becker's Healthcare January 7, 2025
Elizabeth Gregerson

CMS has selected 15 states to participate in the agency’s new Transforming Maternal Health Model, designed to focus on improving maternal health care delivery, support and outcomes for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees.

Here are five notes on the new model, according to CMS:

1. The 15 states selected to participate are: Alabama, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
2. The model, which launched Jan. 1, will run for 10 years. The first three years of the model are designated as a pre-implementation period, in which states receive targeted assistance and achieve required milestones. The remaining seven years will be the implementation period, in which states execute...

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