Bill > S948

This bill, the Healthy Moms and Babies Act, aims to improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Key provisions include: Requiring mandatory reporting by state Medicaid programs on adult health care quality measures related to maternal and perinatal health, establishing Medicaid quality improvement initiatives to reduce rates of cesarean sections, allowing states the option to provide coordinated care through a "health home" for pregnant and postpartum women, providing guidance on care coordination, initiatives to reskill the maternity care workforce, and studying the use of doulas and community health workers. The bill also establishes demonstration projects for using telehealth to improve maternal health delivery, requires reporting on remote physiological monitoring devices, provides guidance on community-based maternal health programs, and develops guidance on reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. Additionally, the bill requires improvements to Medicaid payment error rate measurement and mitigation of improper payments.