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The Missouri Department of Social Services, through the Rural Health Transformation Program, awarded more than $732,000 to the Missouri Doula Association to strengthen rural doula training and certification infrastructure statewide.The funding — …

Seven Missouri hospitals earned Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative Stars recognition at the 2026 MO PQC Collaboration Forum held July 15-16 in Lake Ozark, Mo. The award honors hospitals demonstrating excellence in implementing evidence-based …

Today, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services published “A Multi-year Look at Maternal Mortality: 2019-2023 Annual Report” on behalf of the state’s Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board, a multidisciplinary board of experts from …

The newest edition of PolicyHuddle explores the progress occurring in maternal health improvement, including how the Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative is creating opportunities for better care and health for …

As part of the Missouri Hospital Association’s Hospital Benefit and Public Trust Campaign, a new story featuring Mercy Southeast’s Building Blocks partnership was released. Through the no-cost program, each mother is partnered with a registered …

The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative, in partnership with the Missouri Hospital Association, released its 2023-2025 progress report. Leveraging MHA’s ability to convene critical partners and expertise to solve complex problems, both state …

The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative team traveled to Chesterfield, Mo., to co-host the 2026 Maternal and Infant Health Convening: Navigating Pathways Forward, held March 4-5.Attendees from across the state enjoyed two days of learning, …

Missouri Hospital Association and Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative staff attended Rural Health Advocacy Day held Feb. 24 at the Missouri State Capitol. The event brought together advocates, health care providers and community members to …

The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative is hosting Postpartum Care in Missouri: A Regional Dinner Series, with six events scheduled throughout January and February. These intimate networking opportunities will focus on the following. …

Enhanced efforts to improve maternal health in northwest Missouri are thanks to a new partnership between Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany, Mo., and NKC Health in North Kansas City, Mo. By combining local …

In the past four years of evaluating the causes of maternal deaths in Missouri, the Missouri Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board found that more maternal deaths occurred between 43 and 365 days postpartum than during pregnancy or the fourth …

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is seeking input on new regulation language for cost reimbursement related to the Safe Place for Newborns Act, which allows parents to voluntarily give up their newborns up to 90 days …

The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative, in partnership with the Missouri Hospital Association, is supporting a Maternal SUD Experience Survey to further understand the knowledge base around maternal substance use disorder, barriers to care and …

The MO HealthNet Division recently redesigned the Notification of Pregnancy process and has seen improvements in case management utilization by the managed care plans. Once the Notification of Pregnancy form is reported to MO HealthNet, it is …

About 80% of all pregnancy-related deaths in Missouri are preventable, according to the 2025 Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Annual Report.The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative, in partnership with the Missouri Hospital …

The September edition of MHA’s podcast, PolicyHuddle, explains how using five patient-engagement strategies can increase opportunities to identify clinical and nonclinical challenges during maternal health visits.The Ask Me 5 initiative, created by …

MO HealthNet released several new sources of information for the new Notification of Pregnancy (NOP) and Risk Screening process. This process allows providers to notify MO HealthNet that a participant is pregnant in one easy step to facilitate …

Pfizer issued a voluntary drug recall for select lots of Bicillin L-A and provided a supply update on July 10 due to particulates identified during visual inspection. Pfizer anticipates a near-term stockout for indicated products, and company …

Each year, the Missouri Pregnancy‑Associated Mortality Review Board takes a close look at the lives lost during or within one year of pregnancy. The 2025 PAMR Report underscores not only the scope of maternal mortality in Missouri, but also the …

DHSS recently published “A Multi-year Look at Maternal Mortality: 2018-2022 Annual Report” on behalf of the state’s Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Board, a multidisciplinary board of experts from across the state tasked with examining …

The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative, in partnership with MHA, is offering a limited number of stipends to stakeholders in Missouri responsible for and participating in providing fourth trimester and extended postpartum care. The …

The Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative, in partnership with Missouri Hospital Association, has awarded two series of stipends to Missouri hospitals and community-based organizations.Fifteen health care facilities received $10,000 stipends for …

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on May 7 signed a proclamation declaring May as Parental Mental Health Awareness Month across the state of Missouri. This is the first statewide awareness month for parental mental health in the country. The …

Missouri hospitals working to improve maternal health outcomes will now have access to an expanded data tool with the recently released Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative dashboard. A new Hospital and Provider Scorecard has …

The Missouri Hospital Association recently hosted a critical care obstetric training event to expand clinicians’ skills at hospitals with limited critical care OB capacity. The training, funded through MHA’s partnership with the U.S. Department of …

Progress West Hospital in O’Fallon, Mo., has been honored with the Missouri Hospital Association’s Aim for Excellence Award for efforts to improve care for expecting mothers through their Maternal Hypertension Collaborative. Established in 2016, the …

SSM Health’s Women and Infant Substance Help Center, or WISH Center, at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital — St. Louis has been honored with the Missouri Hospital Association’s Aim for Excellence Award. Established in 2016, the Aim for Excellence Award …