On-Call Maternity Care in Rural Arizona Boosted by AHCCCS Funding

Cronkite News

Oct 30, 2024

Arizona's Medicaid agency is funding new on-call OB-GYN providers for rural communities. The initiative is meant to increase access to care for people in maternity care deserts. Discusses challenges with recruiting healthcare providers to rural areas and the role of mental health in mortality for pregnant and postpartum women.

Access · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Medicaid · Mental health · Mortality · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Arizona