To promote optimal birth outcomes.
Healthy Pregnancy Program
Project Goals
Project Description
Medica’s Healthy Pregnancy Program is a family-centered model that supports the health of pregnant women and their babies in partnership with the health care provider. Within the Healthy Pregnancy Program, Medica provides pregnancy case management services. We also work with community health workers, public health nurses and universal home visiting staff to meet the clinical, social and behavioral health needs of pregnant women, new mothers and their babies. Pregnancy case management services aim to promote better birth outcomes through several activities, including:
- clinical, social and behavioral health attention in their homes;
- transportation coordination to help alleviate barriers;
- monitoring of pregnant women for high-risk pregnancies, including opioid misuse;
- monitoring for new mothers including those afflicted with postpartum depression and their babies;
- monitoring member utilization and gaps, then sharing screening gaps with counties to support intervention; and
- developing a more complete picture of member needs, strengths and challenges.
As part of the program, Medica also leverages mobile technology solutions to increase and encourage a mother’s access to pregnancy-related educational information at the various stages of pregnancy and post-partum.
Entities Involved
Juniper is a statewide network led by Innovations for Aging and Minnesota’s seven Area Agencies on Aging (AAA’s) in partnership with local entities, including clinical systems, senior centers, community centers, churches and nonprofit service organizations.
How Health Plans Support the Project
Blue Plus has contracted with Innovations for Aging to make Juniper classes available as a supplemental benefit to MSHO members. Blue Plus also pays for transportation to classes through our BlueRide benefit.