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Insurance

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Congratulations!! You took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. Then you scheduled a consult and tour at our birth center. And while you visited us, we put together an estimate for your insurance coverage. Most people really don't understand how their insurance plans actually work. I mean, they understand that they have insurance but they often don't understand why they have to pay anything out of pocket or a how we come up with the estimate, so we thought we would help break this down for you.  But first: there are different ways people obtain insurance plans. Some employers include insurance plans are a benefit to working with their company. Employers will contract with different insurance companies and each employer might offer different plans to different employees, so just because you have Cigna, as an example, it doesn't mean all Cigna plans are the same. Also, some people purchase their own insurance plans directly from insurance companies or from the Marketpla...
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ACNM Update on Healthcare Reform

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American College of Nurse-Midwives - Legislative Update Late Saturday evening, November 7, 2009, the full U.S. House of Representatives cast a historic vote to move comprehensive health care reform legislation one step closer to completion. On a vote of 220 to 215, the House voted to approve the "America's Affordable Health Choices Act" (H.R.3962), legislation that ACNM has been working hard on with the Congress for several months to ensure the concerns of midwives and the women they serve are included. A provision to provide CNMs equitable reimbursement was included in the bill along with provisions to recognize free standing birthcenters under Medicaid, require maternity services as a mimimum benefit of any health plan, and provide midwives and other primary care providers incentive payments under Medicare and Medicaid. Please go to ACNM's website for a detailed summary of the bill, which should be posted tomorrow, Monday, November 9th. Next, ACNM will be wor...
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ACNM Response from Today Show

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Some of you may have seen or heard of the Today Shows segment featuring a tragic occurance during a homebirth. We wanted to share with you the American College of Nurse Midwives response. Heart 2Heart dittos this response and wants to continue to work at making out of birth the "norm" in America for low-risk mothers! September 14, 2009 Dear Producers of The Today Show, A real opportunity to educate women about safe and high-quality maternity care in the United States has been lost. The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is extremely disappointed with the imbalanced reporting done by The Today Show’s September 11 segment “The Perils of Midwifery.” The segment (later renamed “The Perils of Home Births” online) highlighted a single tragic story of a family’s loss of their baby during childbirth at home with a midwife. Our hearts go out to the McKenzie family. We hope that they are receiving the support they need in this extremely difficult time. It would be inap...
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