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Save the Date - Annual MMC Family Picnic!!!

This year's Annual Mountain Midwifery Center Family Picnic will be on Saturday, September 24 from 10am - 2pm at Belleview Park (on Belleview between Santa Fe and Broadway on the North side of Belleview, just to the East of Pirates Cove).

We'll be celebrating our 5th year serving the birthing community!!!

The First Rose

...and pretty coneflowers all in a row.

Pink blossoms flourish open in the late summer.  We wouldn't think of trying to force them before they were ready - the petals would be damaged, and they would wilt early.

We have our first rose blossom in the Midwife's Garden!

Since this is just year 2 for our garden, this is quite an achievement on our garden's part.  We would like to think that the excitement in the air and all the love for the new babies is responsible for this pretty flower.  That and the rain.

 

Tuesdays with Laura...

Today we were updating our website and were sad to “delete” some of our staff that has moved on to other pursuits. At the end of June, one of our midwives, Laura (Hess) Kattan, DNP, CNM, WHNP-BC (Womens HealthCare Nurse Practitioner - Board Certified), moved to the East Coast where she and her husband could continue pursuing their medical passions. While all of us are super-excited about their opportunities, we sorely miss our Tuesdays with Laura.

A Prenatal Yoga Study is Looking for Paid Participants!

From the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Colorado, Boulder:
 

January is Wait-Listed!

We have officially reached our capacity for January, so we are unable to accept any additional new clients with a due date in that month.  If you're still interested in potentially becoming our patient and have a January due date, you can call us and we can put you on our wait list. If we have an opening, then we'll give you a call. Additionally, we can give you the names of other local practices that we can refer you to for maternity care. 
 

FUNdraising dinner for AABC

Have we mentioned that the AABC (American Association of Birth Centers) conference is coming to Denver this Labor Day weekend?  It is!  We are so pleased to have the conference so close to home.

Act now for the Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2011

Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2011, as a condition of receiving grants, will require States to do the following: 1. Require health professional and facilities to report all pregnancy-related deaths. 2. Investigate and develop case findings and summaries for maternal deaths. 3. Establish review committees with OB-GYNs, midwives, nurses, social workers, health care facility representatives, members of affected communities, and other relevant stakeholders to recommend prevention strategies. 4. Disseminate findings and recommendations.

Colorado is out-of-compliance with Medicaid management

At this link, the Colorado Center on Law and Policy summarizes a Federal report that finds Colorado out of compliance with State programs like Medicaid and CHP+ in many key areas:

  • timeliness of eligibility determinations 
  • lack of sufficient State control over Medicaid
  • timeliness of citizenship determination
  • sufficient client noticing
  • retaining eligibility information

I share this because if affirms the difficulties MMC had in serving Medicaid patients.

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