Obstetric providers


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 AZ

"23.  OTHER PROVIDER STANDARDS…
The Contractor shall ensure that a maternity care provider is designated for each pregnant member for the duration of her pregnancy and postpartum care and that maternity services are provided in accordance with the AMPM.  The Contractor may include in its provider network the following maternity care providers:
  a.  Arizona licensed allopathic and/or osteopathic physicians who are general practitioners or specialize in family practice or obstetrics
  b.  Certified nurse midwives
  c.  Licensed midwives.

Members may choose, or be assigned, a PCP who provides obstetric care (physician or certified nurse midwife)...
All physicians and certified nurse midwives who perform deliveries shall have OB hospital privileges.  Licensed midwives perform deliveries only in the member’s home.  Labor and delivery services may also be provided in the member’s home by physicians and certified nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives who include such services within their practice."  Arizona Contract, pages 32-33.

CT

"3.6  Geographic Coverage
a…  The MCO shall ensure that its provider network includes access for each Member to… Obstetric/Gynecological Providers…"  Connecticut Contract, page 19.

FL

"B.  Manner Of Service Provision...
2.  Minimum Standards.  Plans shall provide the following: ...
d. One birth delivery facility licensed under Chapter 383, F.S., or a hospital with birth delivery facilities… The delivery facility may be part of a hospital or a freestanding facility...

g.  A  birthing center licensed under Chapter 383, F.S., that is accessible to low risk patients.  The agency may waive, in writing, this requirement if the plan cannot reach an agreement with those centers within reasonable travel time for a rate no greater than the Medicaid rate for those centers..."  Florida Contact, pages 10-11.

"6.  Specialty Coverage...
a.  The plan shall  assure the availability of the following specialist, as appropriate for both adult and pediatric members, on at least a referral basis: ...obstetrical/gynecology (OB/GYN)..."  Florida Contract, page 17.

HI

"30.410  Required Providers...
The following is a listing of required components of the provider network...
*  Other practitioner services such as ...certified nurse midwife services…"  Hawaii RFP, page 9.

"APPENDIX B
MINIMUM PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS
PCP Requirement:
The health plan must have contracts with at least 1 PCP per 600 QUEST members.
PCPs may be any of the following: …
*  OB/Gyn
*  Nurse Midwives…"  Hawaii RFP, Appendix B, page 1.

IL

"(o)  Choice of Physicians
The Contractor shall afford to each Beneficiary a physician who will supervise and coordinate his/her care, and to the extent feasible, within appropriate limits established by the Contractor and approved by the Department, shall afford the Beneficiary a choice of a physician...

Primary Care Providers shall have specialties in obstetrics/gynecology, general practice, pediatrics, internal medicine or family practice.  In each Contracting Area, there shall be at least one Women's Health Care Provider for each 2,000 female Beneficiaries between the ages of 18 and 44, at least one physician specializing in obstetrics for each 300 pregnant female Beneficiaries and at least one pediatrician for each 2,000 Beneficiaries under age 17…The agreement must provide for the transfer of medical records and Coordination of Care between physicians."  Illinois HMO Contract, page 45.

KY

"To be the eligible applicant, Kentucky's Health Care Partnership (a.k.a. The Partnership) must meet the following requirements: ...
  •  have a Program of providers in each county who are serving a significant portion of the current Medicaid members.  This requirement applies to each of the following provider types: ...
  •  maternity care."  Kentucky RFA, pages 10-11.

"A.  Providers to Be Enrolled
  The Partnership shall enroll into its Network...birthing centers…"  Kentucky RFA, Attachment V, page 43.

MT

"2.4.2  Participating Providers:...
B.  Providers Contracts Must be Extended to or Contractor Must Allow Access to: ...
The CONTRACTOR must allow obstetricians and gynecologists to participate as PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS.  An obstetrician or gynecologists wishing to accept designation as a PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER must meet the same credentialling criteria as other PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS, as specified in accordance with appendix 2, 2.4.3 of this Attachment, and the same contracting requirements the CONTRACTOR imposes on other PCPs."  Montana Contract, page 37.

"2.5.1(C)  Obstetrical, Gynecological and Maternity Services
FAIM women mandated to the HMO and who become pregnant are no longer FAIM and have the choice to choose between the HMO and the PASSPORT TO HEALTH program.  If the woman chooses the PASSPORT program she may choose any provider for the duration of the pregnancy.  After the pregnancy, she becomes FAIM again and must enroll back in the HMO.  Pregnant women who choose to remain in the HMO for their pregnancy may choose any participating provider within the HMO panel for provision of maternity care, and may choose a provider without prior authorization from their HMO Primary Care Provider (PCP)."  Montana Contract, page 44.

NM

"2.C.10 Local Department of Health Offices:
2.C.10.a  The CONTRACTOR shall contract with local and district public health offices for the provision of the following services:
2.C.10.a.i  Family planning services; and..."  New Mexico Contract, page 30.

NY

"21.  PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS...
21.12  Primary Care Practitioners...
c) OB/GYN Providers as PCPs
The Contractor, at its option, is permitted to use OB/GYN providers as PCPs, subject to SDOH qualifications…"  New York Contract, pages 21-1-21-7.

OH

"(b) Non-PCP Minimum Provider Network
During the verification phase, each MCP will also be required to submit documentation or have documentation available to verify adequate capacity of the remainder of its provider network within the following categories: …obstetricians/gynecologists (OB/GYNs)...

Other Specialty Types

OB/GYNs - In order to meet the minimum provider network requirement for OB/GYNs MCPs must verify during the documentation phase that they are contracting with the specified number of OB/GYNs for each service area. For the duration of the contract period, the MCP's provider network must include this minimum specified number of OB/GYNs, all of whom must have an obstetrical practice and hospital delivery privileges…"  Ohio RFP, pages 24-26.

"APPENDIX L
Grant Funding for Family Planning Services in Ohio...

The Public Health Service Act
The Department is one of four grantee agencies in Ohio which receives federal funds for family planning through Title X of the Public Health Services Act. Within the Department, the Family Planning and Women's Health Program has the primary responsibility for carrying out the Title X funded family planning project...

Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
The Department is the only agency in Ohio which receives funds through the federal Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant...

State Family Planning Funds
The Department assures appropriate distribution of state funds designated by the Ohio Legislature for provision of family planning services in Ohio...

Grantee Organizations
Planned Parenthood of Summit, Portage, and Medina Counties...
Federation for Community Planning, Cleveland...
Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio...
Ohio Department of Health…"  Ohio RFP, Appendix L, pages 3-5.

OK

"2.7  Provider Network...
2.7.2.3  Eligible Specialties
Health Plan agrees its PCPs will be physicians in the following specialties: ...
• Obstetrics and Gynecology…

2.7.2.6  OB/GYN Providers
Health Plan may permit OB/GYN providers to serve as PCPs for women. If Health Plan does not include these physicians as PCPs, it must permit pregnant members to select an OB/GYN provider, from any in Health Plan's network, for pre-natal care and delivery, subject to capacity limits"  Oklahoma RFP, pages 32-35.

PA

"I.  PROVIDER NETWORK...
2. Network Composition
The HMO must establish and maintain adequate provider networks to serve all of the eligible HealthChoices populations in geographically accessible locations within the service area for the HealthChoices populations to be served... The HMO shall ensure that its provider network is adequate to provide its MA enrollees with access to quality patient care through participating professionals, in a timely manner, and without the need to travel undue distances... The HMO's network composition should include the following: ...
•  The HMO must ensure access to Certified Registered Midwives …"  Pennsylvania RFP, page 63-64.

RI

"2.08.02.02  Eligible Specialties
Contractor agrees to limit its PCPs to licensed, board-certified, eligible, or trained Medical Doctors and Doctors of Osteopathy in the following specialties: ...
-  Obstetrics/Gynecology…"  Rhode Island RFP, pages 33-34.

SC

"BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES
FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS...
ENHANCED PRENATAL CARE…"  South Carolina Contract, Appendix B, page 1.

"Medical Services:
The major goal of the HRCP is to direct high risk pregnant women to appropriate medical services that are designed to enhance the patients' health.  It mandates that prenatal and intrapartum care be provided by a board certified/applied obstetrician and that delivery take place in a level II or level III hospital…"  South Carolina Contract, Appendix B, page 2.

TX

"6.7  FAMILY PLANNING - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
6.7.1  Counseling and Education…  HMO is encouraged to include a representative cross-section of Members and family planning providers who practice in the community in developing, planning and implementing family planning outreach programs...

6.7.3  Provider Standards and Payment.  HMO must require all subcontractors who are family planning agencies to deliver family planning services according to the TDH Family Planning Services Delivery Standards…"  Texas  Contract, page 40.

"6.9  PERINATAL SERVICES...
6.9.2  HMO shall have a perinatal health care system in place that, at a minimum, provides the following services: ...
6.9.2.5  availability and accessibility of obstetricians/gynecologists, anesthesiologists, and neonatologists capable of dealing with complicated perinatal problems;
6.9.2.6  availability and accessibility of appropriate outpatient and inpatient facilities capable of dealing with complicated perinatal problems…"  Texas Contract, page 44.

"7.9  OB/GYN PROVIDERS
HMO must allow a female Member to select an OB/GYN within its provider network or within a limited provider network in addition to a PCP, to provide health care services within the scope of the professional specialty practice of a properly credentialed OB/GYN...A Member who selects an OB/GYN must be allowed direct access to the health care services of the OB/GYN without a referral by the woman’s PCP or a prior authorization or precertification from HMO.  HMO must allow Members to change OB/GYNs up to four times per year…"  Texas Contract, page 67.

WV

"3.9 Family Planning Access and Confidentiality...
The Managed Care Plan shall make a reasonable effort to subcontract with all local family planning clinics and providers, including those funded by Title X of the Public Health Services Act, and shall reimburse providers for all family planning services regardless of whether they are rendered by a participating or non-participating provider..."  West Virginia Contract, page 12.