Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Use Following State-Specific Changes in Hospital Medicaid Reimbursement.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Facilitating access to the full range of contraceptive options is a health policy goal; however, inpatient provision of postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods has been limited due to lack of hospital reimbursement. Between March 2014 and January 2015, the Medicaid programs in 5 states began to reimburse hospitals for immediate postpartum LARC separately from the global maternity payment.

Objective

To examine the association between Medicaid policies and provision of immediate postpartum LARC, and to examine hospital characteristics associated with policy adoption.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used interrupted time series analysis. The setting was population-based in Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, New York, a

SUBMITTER: Steenland MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587474 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature