Medicaid Birthing Options Program

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What’s covered?

If you are pregnant and eligible for Medicaid, you have a choice of who will provide care for you. You can also choose where your baby will be born. Women in New Mexico have choices about where to give birth:

  • A birth center
  • A hospital
  • Your own home

 

Many health care practitioners/providers offer pregnancy-related services. Many times they work together to provide care for you and your baby:

  • Certified Nurse-Midwives*
  • Family Practice Practitioners
  • Licensed Midwives*
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Obstetricians
  • Physician Assistants

 

Services for pregnant women may include:

  • Prenatal care
  • Case management
  • Childbirth education
  • Doula services (where available)
  • Birthing services for labor and delivery
  • Postpartum care
  • Breastfeeding counseling
  • Reproductive health
  • Family planning

 

Member Handbook

It tells you what you need to know about your Molina Salud! Health Plan. Read here.

How do members get care?

If you would like to select out-of-hospital services provided by a midwife*, please send the below information by mail to the Pregnancy-Related Services Benefits Bureau HSD-MAD, P.O. Box 2348, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2348:

 

  • Your name
  • Your address
  • Your telephone number
  • Name of midwife
  • Telephone number for the midwife you have chosen

 

You can also call the Medical Assistance Division toll-free at (888) 997-2583.

For more information about the services that are provided by midwives*, please contact:

New Mexico Midwives Association*
In Albuquerque at (505) 222-9600.
http://www.newmexicomidwifery.org

American College of Nurse-Midwives New Mexico Chapter
http://nmmidwives.org/practices.php/practices.php

Maternal Health Program Department of Health
In Albuquerque at (505) 476-8908.

*These services are only covered if they are provided by healthcare providers who have an approved Provider Agreement with the Human Services Department/ Medical Assistance Division.