IMPACT to Save Moms Act
Sponsored By: Senator Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a Medicaid and CHIP demonstration to test new payment models that fund team-based perinatal care. It would let states try alternative payments, stratify payments by pregnancy risk, and include non-hospital birth settings during fiscal years 2027–2031.
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- Pregnant and postpartum people, especially those at high risk, would be served by models that emphasize maternity teams, mental health care, nutrition, and social needs.
- States could apply to run these models under Medicaid and CHIP and try adjusting payments based on pregnancy risk level.
- Providers and settings would be encouraged to form diverse maternity care teams and include non-hospital options like freestanding birth centers.
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would evaluate outcomes by race, ethnicity, language, income, geography, and report results and recommendations after the demonstration ends.
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Medicaid and CHIP maternity payment demo
This bill would create a Perinatal Care Alternative Payment Model Demonstration Project for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. It would let states test new payment models for maternity care under Medicaid (title XIX) and CHIP (title XXI). The demo would cover pregnancy through one year after birth and would encourage inclusion of non-hospital birth settings, mental health and substance use care, and diverse maternity care teams. States would need to apply to participate. HHS would evaluate results with data broken out by race, ethnicity, language, income, geography, and insurance type and report to Congress within one year after the demo ends. The bill would authorize such sums as are necessary, but money would be available only if Congress appropriates it.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
DE • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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