The Health Resources and Services Administration has released a report evaluating the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program, which completed its first year last August. The program uses a network approach to coordinate and improve maternal health care from preconception to postpartum; telehealth services to increase access to care in rural areas; potential aggregation of low-volume rural obstetric services; and payment structures that promote financial sustainability for access to high-quality maternal care. The cohort includes networks in Missouri, New Mexico and Texas that provided prenatal, delivery and postpartum care to 3,101 rural mothers. Participants said hiring patient navigators emerged as an early success strategy. The networks also laid the groundwork for expanding telehealth.
 

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