Medicaid now pays for post-partum depression screening in the child’s medical home – recommendations

“A medical home for children is the place that post-partum women covered by Medicaid are most likely to be seen by professionals able to administer and respond to pregnancy-related depression screening within the critical first two months after birth. This may provide a critical lifeline to women struggling with this treatable condition and help prevent potential negative effects of maternal depression on infants. So, the child’s health care providers are in a unique and key position to identify and treat post-partum depression, now more commonly referred to as Pregnancy-Related Depression (PRD). Click here to read more about screening tools, reimbursement, and implementation.” [Source: CCHAP]