Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act
Summary
Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish and periodically update guidance for hospitals, freestanding birth centers, and other maternal care providers on ways to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The CMS must also report on the Medicaid payment methodologies that apply to facility transfers of pregnant women.
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in committee
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Introduction
Feb 2021
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Introduced Feb 24, 2021
Last action Feb 24, 2021
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Committee
1
Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
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