Can paying home visiting agencies for extra services help High-Risk moms and babies?
NCT ID NCT07817407
First seen Sep 14, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are studying whether giving Michigan home visiting agencies more ways to bill Medicaid for extra services helps them better support families with high needs. The trial compares families served by agencies that receive these extra billing options with families served by agencies that do not. Participants are mothers and infants enrolled in the Maternal Infant Health Program who qualify for Medicaid and are identified as high risk. Researchers will look at health care use, like postpartum visits and well-child visits, and survey participants about their economic stability, housing, and social well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- extra billing options for home visiting agencies, including additional visits, care coordination, and discharge planning
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give home visiting agencies a way to offer more visits and support to families who need it most, possibly improving health care use and social well-being.
- What could go wrong
- The study tests a billing change, not a new treatment, so any benefits may be modest or limited to certain families. It may not show clear improvements in health or social outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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10,927 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible for Medicaid * Identified as "high risk" based on responses to the Maternal Risk Identifier (MRI) or Infant Risk Identifier (IRI), administered upon enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants under the age of 18.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Maternal Infant Health Program
Lansing, Michigan, 48933, United States
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