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Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations May Increase Care Engagement and Quality Among Pregnant and Postpartum Patients

BU School of Public Health Blog

The team utilized claims data on Medicaid-covered live deliveries in Massachusetts to examine changes in pregnancy and postpartum quality of care for more than 65,000 unique deliveries, comparing measures between ACO and non-ACO pregnant patients, from 2016-2020 (before and after the Medicaid ACO program was implemented).