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Maternal & Infant Health

Maternal & Infant Health

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Maternal Infant Health Updates

Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MI PQC) Advancing Healthy Births: Request for Proposals - 2025

To facilitate alignment with Advancing Healthy Births plan and encourage collaborative efforts with the MI PQC and individual Regional Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (RPQCs), funding was awarded to community-based organizations and local programs, whose efforts focus on improving birthing outcomes and advancing healthy births. The Advancing Healthy Births: Request for Proposals was led by RPQCs and made possible by funding received through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

 

Maternal Levels of Care 

The Joint Commission Maternal Levels of Care Verification is a voluntary process for birthing hospitals to conduct a self-assessment on their capability to provide comprehensive, high-quality maternal care ranging from Level I to Level IV. By meeting rigorous standards coupled with full participation in MI AIM, hospitals demonstrate their commitment to the safety and well-being of both mothers and babies and further support the goal of reducing maternal morbidity by providing risk-appropriate maternal care.

To further support the success of Michigan’s birthing hospitals, MDHHS will cover the costs associated with MLC, including the annual fee and site visit, making it easier and more affordable for facilities to pursue this certification. Birthing hospitals that complete the requirements of the MLC application and schedule/complete the site visit and fully participate in the MI Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) will receive a maternal health quality payment in September 2025. Learn more about Maternal Levels of Care for Michigan birthing hospitals. 

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