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Quantifying the financial burden of preventable birth complications is a challenging and yet critical step toward developing payment models that invest in preventive maternal healthcare, saving both lives and taxpayer dollars.

This MCO Learning Collaborative webinar will discuss the findings from Milliman's new report, which estimates the impact of reducing severe obstetric complications and other maternal morbidities like preeclampsia. We will also hear from several MCOs regarding the implications for payment model innovation. 

This report is possible thanks to the support of the Episcopal Health Foundation, an anchor funder of the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator: a first-of-its-kind, outcome-based payment program that seeks to reduce severe obstetric complications by 20% in a service area with more deliveries than 30 US states. 

Speakers: 

• Shao-Chee Sim, PhD, MPA. Executive Vice President for Health Policy, Research & Strategic Partnerships, EHF Cameron Combs MBA/MPP, Senior Director, CPAL 
• Bridget Darby, MS Healthcare Management Consultant, Milliman 
• Stoddard Davenport, MPH Principal & Health Care Management Consultant, Milliman 
• Karen Love, President, Cook Children’s Health Plan 
• Kathy Schwab, MSN, RN, Director, STAR/CHIP Service Coordination and Population Health, Cook Children's Health Plan 
• Angie Hochhalter, PhD, MBA; Director of Strategy and Innovation, Aetna Better Health of Texas