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(May 10, 2024) – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Maternal and Infant Health Initiative has announced a summer maternal health webinar series. All webinars will begin at 1:00 p.m.  The topics and dates are listed below

• May 14 – Promoting Maternal Health Improvement and Equity Through Collaboration  

• June 4 – Maternal Mental Health Screening, Treatment, and Improvement Strategies  

• June 25 – Decreasing Fragmentation in Maternal Substance Use Disorder Screening and Treatment

• July 16 – Addressing Hypertension Before, During and After Pregnancy 

• Aug. 20 – Medicaid and CHIP Program Collaboration with Hospitals on AIM Bundles 

The summer webinar series will be followed by the CMS-sponsored affinity groups to begin in the fall. CMS will convene two affinity groups, including:

• Addressing Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use
• Improving Maternal Hypertension and Cardiovascular Health

State teams, led by Medicaid or CHIP program staff, may join one or both action-oriented affinity groups to address maternal health in their state. Affinity group participants learn more through workshops, receive one-on-one quality improvement coaching and work alongside peers focused on improvement projects in their states. CMS will host an informational Webinar on the affinity groups on Aug. 6, 2024. Please submit questions to the CMS QI technical assistance mailbox at MedicaidCHIPQI@cms.hhs.gov.
--Karen Braman