Can medicaid payment reform save Mothers' lives?
NCT ID NCT05678699
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are studying whether Medicaid payment incentives and doula care reduce severe maternal morbidity and deaths among pregnant and postpartum people. The trial includes millions of Medicaid beneficiaries across the US, along with doulas and Medicaid managed care administrators in Pennsylvania. The goal is to understand how these policy changes affect maternal health and what patients experience when receiving services.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Medicaid healthcare quality interventions (incentive payment and obstetric bundled payment) and doula care
- What this could lead to
- If these payment changes work, states could adopt them to reduce severe pregnancy complications and deaths among low-income mothers.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study of policy changes, not a controlled experiment, so other factors could explain any changes in outcomes. The findings may not apply to states with different Medicaid programs.
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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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About 10,000,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Pregnant and postpartum Medicaid beneficiaries across the US Qualitative: * Medicaid beneficiaries who identify as being at risk for poor outcomes or live in PA Health Equity Zones * Doulas who provide care to Medicaid beneficiaries in Pennsylvania * Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO) administrators in Pennsylvania. Severe maternal morbidity and mortality outcomes will be assessed in healthcare records and for these quantitative outcomes, patients will not be recruited individually Exclusion Criteria: \-
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, United States
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