Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act of 2013

What is the "Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act"?

• The Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act will:

• Foster development of quality measures related to maternal and infant care. This is important because many public and private payers are using quality performance as the basis of payment. Quality performance data is also being made available to the public covered under a variety of programs.

• The Act also supports development of quality collaboratives focused on maternity care. These are organizations of stakeholders that work together to identify and encourage the use of best practices.

• Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act Fact Sheet

• Coalition for Quality Maternity Care's Letter of Support

• HR 896 Full Text

• Congressional Research Service Summary of HR 896

• Check to see if your Representative is sponsoring this bill. Go here, click on the button specifying "Bill number" above the search bar in the center of the screen, then search for "HR 896" Once you have the result, click on the link to "Cosponsors" to see the list. Repeat the search to see what your Senators are doing, this time looking for "S 425."

 

• See a video tutorial of a midwife making a call to her legislator.

• Call your legislators and ask them to co-sponsor HR 896.

• This sample call script can help. (Note that this script also mentions HR 2286)

• Consider using these talking points when communicating with your legislator(s)

• After your call, send a follow-up email to the person you talked with.

• Here's a draft e-mail you might use. (Note that this draft email also mentions HR 2286)

• Write a letter to your Senators and Representative inviting them to visit with you in your practice so they can learn more about the value of midwifery care and our support for HR 896/S 425 and HR 2286. Here are sample letters you might use:

• Invitation to visit with your practice (Senator)

• Invitation to visit with your practice (Representative)

• Encourage your physician colleagues to write to their legislator(s) in support of the Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act

• Here's a sample letter you might use.
•  Let your Affiliate's Legislative Contact (ALC), a member of the Government Affairs Committee and ACNM's Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs know the outcome of your efforts.
• Use this Reporting Form for Meeting with Legislator to summarize your experience.

For more information, contact ACNM Federal Representative Patrick Cooney at 202-347-0034, [email protected].