Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) is a common yet often underdiagnosed condition that significantly impacts patient quality of life and relationships. Despite its prevalence, many clinicians face challenges in recognizing, assessing, and treating this condition effectively. This webinar will provide a comprehensive clinical update on HSDD, beginning with the physiologic basis of the human sexual […]
The transition from global maternity billing to unbundled maternal care coding represents a significant change in reimbursement, documentation, and workflow for midwifery practice. Recent changes to the American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Code Set adopted by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require clinicians to report antepartum, intrapartum, birth, and postpartum […]
Midwife as Surgical First Assistant is an expanded practice area for the CNM and CM. The midwife who serves as first assistant in surgery functions as a perinatal and birth professional in the perioperative setting. The workshop’s focus is on applying current evidence so midwives can participate and provide continuity of care for clients during […]
This session will present findings from a state-level secondary data analysis examining associations among poverty, rurality, midwifery care, and adverse birth outcomes across the United States. The presentation will situate the study within current maternal and infant mortality trends and persistent rural and socioeconomic disparities in maternity care access. Participants will review the study design, […]
Approximately 26% of women in the US experience a mental health disorder, 7.1% have a serious, persistent mental health disorder. Of these persons only half will receive treatment. Without diligent screening, mental health disorders will go unrecognized. The midwifery clinical setting is an ideal place to implement an evaluation process for identification of symptoms associated […]
In this workshop, Certified Nurse Midwife and Birth Justice Advocate Shanti Moore will share why creating access to preconception care is an underutilized approach to mitigating rates of maternal mortality. Shanti also will elucidate how providing access to lab testing during the preconception period is a simple but viable approach to improving maternal health outcomes. […]
The Power of Midwifery: Developing a Regional Policy Roadmap webinar presents how a convening of 73 midwives, physicians, policymakers, and advocates across the DC-Maryland-Virginia region developed an actionable, evidence-based policy roadmap for championing CNM, CM and CPM led care. Drawing on stakeholder input and grounded in the principles of birth justice and lived experience, the […]
This session will provide an overview of the Certified Midwife (CM) credential in relation to ACNM’s strategic vision, along with a detailed examination of the current practice environment for CMs. The presentation will highlight successful advocacy strategies for expanding CM licensure and securing full-scope practice authority. Participants will also explore opportunities to expand the midwifery […]
Midwife as Surgical First Assistant is an expanded practice area for the CNM and CM. The midwife who serves as first assistant in surgery functions as a perinatal and birth professional in the perioperative setting. The workshop’s focus is on applying current evidence so midwives can participate and provide continuity of care for clients during […]
Midwife as Surgical First Assistant is an expanded practice area for the CNM and CM. The midwife who serves as first assistant in surgery functions as a perinatal and birth professional in the perioperative setting. The workshop’s focus is on applying current evidence so midwives can participate and provide continuity of care for clients during […]
Midwife as Surgical First Assistant is an expanded practice area for the CNM and CM. The midwife who serves as first assistant in surgery functions as a perinatal and birth professional in the perioperative setting. The workshop’s focus is on applying current evidence so midwives can participate and provide continuity of care for clients during […]