Name: December Open Board Meeting
Start: 2026-12-18T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-12-18T17:00:00-05:00

September 2026
Unbundling is Coming: Making Sense of New Perinatal Billing and Coding for Midwives

September 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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 […]
September Open Board Meeting

September 18 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Surgical First Assist Workshop

September 22 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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 […]
State-Level Associations Between Poverty, Rurality, Midwifery Care, and Birth Outcomes: A Secondary Data Analysis

September 24 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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, […]
October 2026
Midwifery Week 2026: Clinical Strategies for the Screening & Identification of the Most Common Mental Health Disorders in the Midwifery Setting

October 5 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

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 […]
Midwifery Week 2026: Before You Were a Thought: Utilizing Preconception Care as a Strategy to Address Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

October 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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. […]
Midwifery Week 2026: The Power of Midwifery: A Policy Roadmap to Transform Maternal Health in the District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia Region

October 8

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 […]
Expanding Midwifery with Certified Midwives: Successful Strategies for Licensure and Beyond

October 26 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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 […]
Surgical First Assist Workshop

October 27 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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 […]
November 2026
Surgical First Assist Workshop

November 17 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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 […]
December 2026
Surgical First Assist Workshop

December 15 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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 […]
December Open Board Meeting

December 18 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

September 2026

Unbundling is Coming: Making Sense of New Perinatal Billing and Coding for Midwives

September Open Board Meeting

Surgical First Assist Workshop

State-Level Associations Between Poverty, Rurality, Midwifery Care, and Birth Outcomes: A Secondary Data Analysis

October 2026

Midwifery Week 2026: Clinical Strategies for the Screening & Identification of the Most Common Mental Health Disorders in the Midwifery Setting

Midwifery Week 2026: Before You Were a Thought: Utilizing Preconception Care as a Strategy to Address Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Midwifery Week 2026: The Power of Midwifery: A Policy Roadmap to Transform Maternal Health in the District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia Region

Expanding Midwifery with Certified Midwives: Successful Strategies for Licensure and Beyond

Surgical First Assist Workshop

November 2026

Surgical First Assist Workshop

December 2026

Surgical First Assist Workshop

December Open Board Meeting

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