CMS recommends Medicaid coverage of lactation services | Transforming Maternity Care

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CMS recommends Medicaid coverage of lactation services | Transforming Maternity Care

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released an issue brief addressing Medicaid coverage of lactation services. It recommends: Due to the multiple health benefits associated with breastfeeding, CMS encourages States to go beyond the requirement of solely coordinating and referring enrollees to the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)...and include lactation services as separately reimbursed pregnancy-related services.

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