Subcategories
Improving Rural Health and Maternity Care Deserts
MHSP Recommendation
Collaborate with state agencies and other partners supporting rural healthcare development to leverage existing groups, venues and resources around rural health to assess available resources, determine needs, and work to create collaborative efforts in counties and regions and across payors to address lack of maternal care.
Increasing Access to High-Quality Care
MHSP Recommendation
Increase utilization of non-medical supportive services that can support greater cultural competency in perinatal care and improve health outcomes, like community health workers, peer services, and doulas by working with providers and payors to encourage greater partnership with and referrals to non-medical providers.
Supporting Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Needs
MHSP Recommendation
Develop a mechanism for universal postpartum depression screenings and faster mental health and SUD* referrals to support new mothers, which can also improve access to care and resources for women experiencing postpartum depression and improve integrated care programs and expanded mental health and SUD services.