Medicaid Maternal Child Health (MCH) Funding and Local Public Health Practice

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Overview

This study by the North Carolina PBRN investigates the effects of a recent state policy change that reduced Medicaid funding for evidence-based maternity case management services provided by local public health agencies. The research estimates the policy’s impact on the delivery of MCH services and resulting birth outcomes, the “spill over” effects on public health agency core capacity to provide other services, and the adaptations that agencies are implementing to preserve core capacities.

Presentations

• Integrating Services by Redefining Front Line Staff Roles
• Four Health Departments' Experiences Implementing Pregnancy Care Management and Care Coordination for Children (NC Birth Matters Conference, 2012)
• Trends in Maternal and Child Health Services and Outcomes During the Economic Recession in NC (NCPHA, September 2012)

Research Areas

• Financing and Economics
• Fiscal Analysis

Contact Us

Rebecca Wells, Ph.D.
rswells@email.unc.edu

Dorothy Cilenti, Dr.P.H.
cilenti@email.unc.edu