Resources for Obstetric Care Providers

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

Refer your patient to the case management program.