Molina Healthcare Launches In-home Post-partum Visits for Medicaid Members in Ohio

05/16/2018

Molina Healthcare of Ohio has recently launched a new program offering in-home post-partum visits to Medicaid members in Ohio. Visits are performed by nurse practitioners who provide a physical and emotional assessment of the new mother, health education and referral to community resources as appropriate. The program, which is initially being rolled out in Central, Southwest and Western regions of the state will eventually expand across the state with the goal of improving women’s health as they recover from delivering a baby.

 

“We know that leaving the house with a newborn can be very challenging, so Molina is offering in-home visits to make it as easy as possible for new moms to get high quality care in the comfort of their own homes,” said Ami Cole, president of Molina Healthcare of Ohio.

In addition to the convenience of having a nurse practitioner visit patients at home, members will receive a gift card in the mail shortly after the visit is completed. Molina’s nurse practitioners who complete the post-partum visits also educate members on how important it is for infants to get all of their well child visits. Families who complete all six well child visits within the first 15 months of life receive a $100 gift card incentive, which is just one of Molina’s many efforts to reduce the infant mortality rate in Ohio.

After the visit, the nurse practitioners visiting members’ homes will coordinate with the member’s primary care physician to ensure continuity of care. Early results of similar programs where Molina has rolled this out in other states have shown a 15% increase in quality performance for post-partum measures.

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Since 2005, Molina Healthcare of Ohio has been providing government-funded, quality health care to low-income individuals. As of December 2017, the company serves approximately 327,000 members through Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare-Medicaid (Duals) and Health Insurance Exchange programs across the state. Visit MolinaHealthcare.com and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.