Resources for Obstetric Care Providers
Educational videos:
Syphilis Screening and Treatment in Pregnancy: Dr. Sophia Burns, Associate Medical Director at Texas Children’s Health Plan, discusses syphilis screening and treatment in pregnancy. This presentation covers essential guidelines, evidence-based practices, and key resources aimed at improving maternal and infant health outcomes.
Promoting Women’s Health: This presentation provides a high-level overview of key topics in women’s health, including updates on Medicaid postpartum extension coverage under House Bill 12, essential quality performance measures, and best practice recommendations to support improved outcomes.
Helpful resources:
- TCHP’s Clinical Practice Guidelines
- On this page you will find prenatal and postpartum care guidelines.
- Low-dose aspirin use for the prevention of morbidity and mortality from preeclampsia
- Vaccines During Pregnancy (ACOG)
- ACOG: Updated Guidance on Maternal Immunizations
- Birth Control Guide (FDA Office of Women's Health)
- Prenatal Dental Care Information (Provider Alert)
- Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN)
- Transportation Services (members are offered transportation services to medical visits, the pharmacy, and classes or events sponsored by TCHP at no cost)
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) - March of Dimes
- Healthy Texas Women
Toolkits:
Quality-focused toolkits aligned with screening and outcomes measures.
- HEDIS® Toolkit Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS-E)
- HEDIS® Toolkit Chlamydia Screening (CHL)
- HEDIS® Toolkit Prenatal and Postpartum Care (PPC-PPC, TOPC)
- Postpartum Depression Toolkit
- Quick Reference Inpatient Quality Indicator Cesarean Delivery Rate, Uncomplicated (CES)
Forms:
- Maternal Child Case Management and Care Coordination (referral form)
- Sterilization Consent Form (English)
- Sterilization Consent Form (Spanish)
- Women’s Health Care Coordination Referral Form (for opioid-dependent pregnant mothers)
- Nurse-Family Partnership Referral Form
Reducing primary cesarean birth – resources:
From The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
- Cesarean Birth
- Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request
- Deciding Between a VBAC and a Repeat Cesarean: 7 Questions to Ask
- Pregnancy at Age 35 Years or Older
- Placenta Accreta Spectrum
- Quick Reference Inpatient Quality Indicator Cesarean Delivery Rate, Uncomplicated (CES)
- More resources can be found on the ACOG website
Caring for our Pregnant Members
TCHP Maternal Child Case Management and Care Coordination
Providers are strongly encouraged to promote Care Coordination for assistance with:
- Essential follow-up appointments to eliminate gaps-in-care
- Physical & behavioral health integrated care
- Coordination for at-risk or impacted members
- Assessments, care planning, education
- Help with social needs: food, finances, transportation
Nurse-Family Partnership:
Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based, community health program that serves first-time mothers and their families dealing with economic inequity. Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) offers this program to eligible members. The program pairs Registered Nurses with low-income, first-time mothers to improve prenatal care and provide support, education, and counseling on health, parenting and developmental issues and life skills.
Learn more about the program: