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Description: Report on the effectiveness of state maternal and infant health policies and programs addressing health disparities in prenatal and postpartum health outcome, including: the number of women enrolled in the medical assistance program who are pregnant or are in the 12-month postpartum period of eligibility; and the percentage of women in that group who, during each reporting period, (1) received prenatal services; (2) received doula services; (3) gave birth by primary cesarean section; (4) gave birth to an infant who received care in the neonatal intensive care unit; (5) gave birth to an infant who was premature or who had a low birth weight; (6) experienced postpartum hemorrhage; (7) received postpartum care within six weeks of giving birth; and (8) received a prenatal and postpartum follow-up home visit from a public health nurse
Law: 2021 Minn. Laws 1st Spl. Sess. Chap. 7 Art. 1 Sec. 26
Statute: 256B.795
Agency(ies)/Supplier(s): Minn. Dept. of Human Services
Due Date: 04/15/2024
Frequency: Biennial - 2 years
Subjects: Health Care - Children's Health
Health Care - Medicaid
Committee/Agency Jurisdiction: Health and Human Services Policy and Finance
Note: In consultation with the Minn. Dept. of Health. The measurements in this report must be determined through an analysis of data from claims submitted during each reporting period and by any other appropriate means. The measurements for each metric must be determined in the aggregate stratified by race and ethnicity. The baseline for metrics in the report is calendar year 2017. The initial report due April 15, 2022, must contain the baseline metrics and the metrics data for calendar years 2019 and 2020. The following reports due biennially thereafter must contain the metrics for the preceding two calendar years.

Item(s) Received

TitlePublisher(s)Publication DateCoverageDate ReceivedReport LinkCall #
Maternal and Infant Health Report Minn. Dept. of Human Services - Healthcare Research and Quality Division July 20222019 and 202007/21/2022 22-0887.pdf
RG961.M6 M38 2022