CHI will sup­port the expan­sion of Cen­ter­ing­Preg­nan­cy in Mary­land to four new prac­tice loca­tions in sup­port of its effort to improve out­comes with the Cen­ter­ing mod­el of group care. Pref­er­ence will be giv­en to enti­ties that pro­vide clin­i­cal care to pre­dom­i­nant­ly Med­ic­aid, char­i­ty care, and/​or unin­sured patients (e.g., FQHCs, com­mu­ni­ty health cen­ters, hos­pi­tal-based clin­ics, etc.). 

This ini­tia­tive seeks to strength­en mater­nal, infant and child health in New Jer­sey and CHI will offer up to 10 imple­men­ta­tion awards per year to help clin­i­cal prac­tices imple­ment the Cen­ter­ing­Par­ent­ing and/​or Cen­ter­ing­Preg­nan­cy mod­els for the next five years. Pri­or­i­ty will be giv­en to Fed­er­al­ly Qual­i­fied Health Cen­ters (FQHCs), com­mu­ni­ty health cen­ters and hos­pi­tal-based clin­ics com­mit­ted to improv­ing health and well­be­ing by trans­form­ing care in geo­graph­ic areas with poor mater­nal and pedi­atric out­comes, where Cen­ter­ing could have the great­est impact.

CHI will offer upto 30 Imple­men­ta­tion Awards to help clin­i­cal prac­tices imple­ment the Cen­ter­ing­Preg­nan­cy care mod­el. The ser­vice awards are avail­able for all Fed­er­al­ly Qual­i­fied Health Cen­ters (“FQHCs”) and/​or Indi­an Health Ser­vices (“IHS”) prac­tice loca­tions across HCSC’s five states includ­ing: Illi­nois, Mon­tana, New Mex­i­co, Okla­homa, and Texas.