What does the Maternity Management Program do to combat the high costs generated by preterm births?
• Encourage education, counseling and health promotion for all pregnant women • Assess all pregnancies for risk • Educate patients on the abnormal symptoms of pregnancy and provide behavior modification • Stress the importance of utilizing our 24-hour information line when abnormal symptoms appear and persist • Assist the health plan’s case management by alerting managers to pregnant patients with abnormal symptoms or risk factors
