Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in conjunction with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is issuing an informational bulletin to announce the final evaluation of the CMMI Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns model, including an overview of the findings and key Medicaid covered services.
Strong Start was one of the first CMMI models and it focused on reducing premature births for pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance program (CHIP). The initiative intended to test psychosocial approaches to reducing preterm birth, improving overall pregnancy outcomes for mothers and infants, and reducing costs to Medicaid and CHIP during pregnancy and the year following birth and found improved outcomes and substantial savings associated with Birth Center care.
The bulletin describes the evaluation results and current Medicaid coverage for services provided by midwives and at freestanding birth centers.
Full results of the Strong Start evaluation, including a state-by-state assessment of outcomes, are available in the final evaluation report, which can be accessed at https://innovation.cms.gov/
The bulletin is available on Medicaid.gov here: https://www.medicaid.
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