Response to the Request for Information Regarding Rural Maternal and Infant Health Care in Rural Communities

The following organizations and maternal health experts submitted a response to the CMS Office of Minority Health (OMH) request for information.

Organizations:

American Association of Birth Centers (AABC)

American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)

Association of Midwifery Educators (AME)

Bay State Birth Coalition

Birth Place Lab, University of British Columbia

Elephant Circle

Foundation for Health Care Quality

Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery

National Association to Advance Black Birth

National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)

Maternal Health Experts:

Jill Alliman, CNM, DNP

Melissa Cheyney, PhD, LDM

Wendy Gordon, DM, MPH, CPM, LM

Marian MacDorman, PhD

Karen Milgate, MPP

Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH

Endorsers

Organizations

American College of Nurse-Midwives
Bay State Birth Coalition
Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery
Association of Midwifery Educators
Birth Place Lab, University of British Columbia
American Association of Birth Centers
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)

Individuals

Marit Bovbjerg, PhD, MS
Adriana Lozada, AdvCD(DONA)
Courtney Everson, PhD
Wendy Gordon, DM, MPH, CPM, LM
Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH
Melissa Cheyney, PhD
Jill Alliman, CNM, DNP
Marian MacDorman, Research Professor, University of Maryland
Ellen Tilden, CNM, PhD, FACNM

Endorse this response